HMS Lively (1813)

Sister ship of Lively, HMS Pomone
History
United Kingdom
Name	Lively
Ordered	28 September 1808
Builder	Robert Seppings & George Parkin Chatham Dockyard
Cost	£25,248
Laid down	July 1810
Launched	14 July 1813
Commissioned	November 1823
Decommissioned	4 December 1826
Fate	Sold for breaking 28 April 1863
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Fifth-rate Leda-class frigate
Tons burthen	1,08022⁄94 (bm)
Length	150 ft 1 in (45.7 m) (upper deck) 125 ft 1+2⁄4 in (38.1 m) (keel)
Beam	40 ft 3+1⁄2 in (12.3 m)
Draught	11 ft 1 in (3.4 m) (forward) 14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) (aft)
Depth of hold	12 ft 10 in (3.9 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	300
Armament	UD: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 14 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Lively was a 46-gun Leda-class frigate of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1813 during the Napoleonic Wars, the ship was initially placed in ordinary. An aborted attempt to sell her was made before Lively was readied for active service in 1823. Serving on the Lisbon Station the frigate was present during the April Revolt in 1824, providing shelter to the fleeing Count of Subserra and, after the failure of the revolt, escorting Dom Miguel of Portugal into exile in France.

Lively continued at Lisbon into 1825, before escorting a convoy to New York and then travelling to serve off the coast of South America. When the Spanish garrison at Veracruz was defeated in November during the Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico, Lively brought the news back to Britain. She then conveyed Sir Neil Campbell to Sierra Leone in August 1826, being present in the aftermath of the Katamanso War at Cape Coast Castle in September. The frigate was paid off at the end of the year and saw no further active service. Converted into a receiving ship in 1831, she served at Plymouth Dockyard until 1860 and was sold to be broken up three years later.