Name HMS Pelican Awarded 6 August 1776 Commissioned May 1777 Launched 24 April 1777 | Ordered 24 July 1776 Laid down August 1776 Construction started August 1776 Draft 2.36 m | |
Builder Adams & Barnard, Grove Street Shipyard, Deptford | ||
HMS Pelican was a 24-gun Porcupine-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy built in 1777 and wrecked in 1781.
Construction and commissioning
Porcupine cost £5,623.11.0d to build, plus £3,545.0.7d for fitting . She was commissioned under her first captain, Henry Lloyd, in May 1777.
References
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