Lively-class frigate

	HMS Macedonian (left) of the Lively class, painting of its engagement with USS United States, 1812, by Thomas Birch
Class overview
Operators	Royal Navy
Completed	16
General characteristics
Type	Fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	1,071 51/94 (as designed)
Length	154 ft (47 m)
Beam	39 ft 5 in (12.01 m)
Draught	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	284 (later raised to 300, then in 1813 to 320).
Armament	As ordered :; UD: 28 × 18-pounder guns; QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 12 × 32-pounder carronades (later ships had 14 of these carronades and no 9-pounders); FC: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades;

The Lively class were a successful class of sixteen British Royal Navy 38-gun sailing frigates.

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