- HMS Liverpool (1758)
The second "Liverpool", built in its namesake city, was launched on
10 February 1758 . She was asixth-rate frigate with a small displacement of 587 tons and armed with 28 guns. She was engaged in blockading Dunkirk, where a French expedition had been assembled for a potential invasion ofIreland orScotland . Whilst on this duty, "Liverpool" captured a French privateer vessel, bringing her intoMargate Roads . "Liverpool" shortly afterwards captured another French privateer, known as the "Grand Admiral". The ship continued in service in theEnglish Channel andNorth Sea until1764 when her career came to a brief end and she was paid off inWoolwich , only to be re-commissioned and subsequently ordered to Newfoundland. After two years service there she journeyed to theMediterranean , remaining there till her eventual return for paying off inChatham, England in March1772 . On15 July 1775 , "Liverpool" was re-commissioned for the second and final time. She served in theMediterranean once more, then after a while joined the Fleet inNorth America under Viscount Howe in1777 , during theAmerican Revolution , but it turned into a fateful deployment for the ship. On11 February 1778 she was wrecked offLong Island .
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