Maritime History

HMS Laurel (1779)

HMS Laurel was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. 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 on 11 October in the Great Hurricane of 1780 at Martinique. Lloyd, and all but 12 of his crew, died.

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See also

• ▸HMS Safari
• ▸Abe Lyman
• ▸Battle of Lake Trasimene

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