HMS Lapwing (1785)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Lapwing.

HMS Lapwing (1785)
Career (Great Britain)
Name:	HMS Lapwing
Ordered:	22 October 1782
Builder:	Thomas King, Dover
Laid down:	February 1783
Launched:	21 September 1785
Completed:	1787
Commissioned:	October 1790
Fate:	Taken to pieces at Plymouth 31 May 1828
General characteristics
Class & type:	28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen:	597 82⁄94 (bm)
Length:	120 ft 6 in (36.73 m) (overall) 99 ft 4.5 in (30.290 m) (keel)
Beam:	33 ft 8 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold:	11 ft 0.5 in (3.366 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	200 officers and men
Armament:	28 guns comprising Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns Quarter deck: 4 x 6-pounder guns + 4 x 18-pounder carronades Forecastle: 2 x 18-pounder carronades 12 x swivel guns

HMS Lapwing was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The Lapwing was first commissioned in October 1790 under the command of Captain Paget Bayley.

References

• Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
• David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
• Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792, Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.