HMS Lively (1756)

A plan of the Lively
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Lively
Ordered	20 May 1755
Builder	Moody Janverin, Bursledon, Hampshire
Laid down	c. June 1755
Launched	10 August 1756
Commissioned	August 1756
Decommissioned	August 1781
Captured	10 July 1778
France
Acquired	10 July 1778
Captured	29 July 1781
Great Britain
Acquired	29 July 1781
Fate	Sold 11 March 1784
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen	43864⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall:108 ft 0 in (32.9 m) Keel:89 ft 0+1⁄4 in (27.1 m)
Beam	30 ft 5+1⁄4 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 8 in (2.9 m)
Complement	160 officers and men
Armament	British service: 20 × 9-pounder guns French service: 22 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 4-pounder guns[2]

HMS Lively was a 20-gun post ship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1756.^[1] During the Seven Years' War she captured several vessels, most notably the French corvette Valeur in 1760. She then served during the American Revolutionary War, where she helped initiate the Battle of Bunker Hill. The French captured her in 1778, but the British recaptured her in 1781. She was sold in 1784.