HMS Daedalus (1780)
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| Name: | HMS Daedalus |
| Ordered: | 25 June 1778 |
| Builder: | John Fisher, Liverpool |
| Laid down: | July 1778 |
| Launched: | 20 May 1780 |
| Completed: | 1780 |
| Fate: | Broken up in July 1811 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 32-gun Active-class fifth rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 702 60/94 bm |
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| Beam: | 35 ft 8 in (10.9 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 11 ft 10.75 in (3.63 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 250 |
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HMS Daedalus was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy, launched in 1780 from the yards of John Fisher, of Liverpool. She went on to serve in the American War of Independence, as well as the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Daedalus entered service in 1780 under the command of Captain Thomas Pringle. He escorted a convoy to North America in May 1781, accompanied by Captain Horatio Nelson in the 28-gun Sixth rate HMS Albemarle. Pringle went on to serve in the English Channel the following year, capturing the French privateer Moustic on 20 January 1782, and the privateer Légère on 11 December 1782. Pringle escorted a convoy to Newfoundland during the year, and in 1783 was engaged in patrolling the Shetland fisheries. The Daedalus was paid off in July 1784, and in 1790 underwent a Great Repair at Rotherhithe, that lasted until 1793.
Captain Charles Henry Knowles recommissioned the Daedalus in March 1793, and sailed her to the Halifax station. Knowles was replaced by Captain Thomas Williams in September 1794, during which time Daedalus was part of Admiral Adam Duncan's fleet. In September 1795, Captain George Countess took over, and Daedalus sailed to the West African coast and then on to Jamaica. In January 1797, Daedalus was deployed against the French Expédition d'Irlande and on 8 January she was involved in the capture of the troopship Suffern and burnt her to avoid weakening the crew by dispersing them in the prize.
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