HMS Daedalus (1780)

Daedalus moored in Port Royal harbour, Jamaica, after having been dismasted in a hurricane off Puerto Rico, circa 1810
History
Great Britain
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 frigate
Type	Fifth Rate frigate
Tons burthen	70260⁄94 bm
Length	Overall: 125 ft 7 in (38.3 m) Keel: 103 ft 1 in (31.4 m)
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
Armament	Upper deck: 26 × 12 pdrs QD: 4 × 6–pounder guns + 4 × 24–pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 6–pounder guns + 2 × 24–pounder carronades

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.