Name HMS Laurel Laid down 3 June 1778 Construction started 3 June 1778 | Ordered 30 April 1778 Commissioned October 1779 Launched 27 October 1779 | |
Builder Thomas Raymond, Chapel, Southampton Completed 4 January 1780 (at Portsmouth Dockyard) | ||
HMS Laurel was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The Laurel was first commissioned in October 1779 under the command of Captain Thomas Lloyd. She sailed for the Leeward Islands on 13 April 1780, but was wrecked in the "Great Hurricane" at Martinique on 11 October 1780 with the loss of virtually all hands, including Lloyd.
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