John Batson, Limehouse. Keel laid: 1 May 1778 Launched: 24 December 1779 Completed: 25 February 1780 at Deptford Dockyard. Fate: Sold at Barbados in February 1816. Laurel Ordered: 30 April 1778 Built by: Thomas Raymond, Chapel (Southampton). Keel laid: 3 June 1778 Launched: 27 October 1779 Completed: 4 January 1780 at Portsmouth Dockyard. Fate: Wrecked in a hurricane off Martinique on 11 October 1780. Third batch Thisbe Ordered: 23 February 1782 Built by: Thomas King, Dover. Keel laid: September 1782 Launched: 25 November 1783 Completed: 19 April 1784 at Deptford Dockyard. Fate: Sold to be broken up, 9 August 1815. Circe Ordered: 6 March 1782 Built by: Henry Ladd, Dover. Keel laid: December 1782 Launched: 30 September 1785 Completed: 2 November 1790 at Woolwich Dockyard. Fate: Wrecked off Great Yarmouth on 17 November 1803. Rose Ordered: 15 March 1782 Built by: Joshua Stewart & Hall, Sandgate. Keel laid: June 1782 Launched: 1 July 1783 Completed: 23 October 1783 at Deptford Dockyard. Fate: Wrecked off Jamaica on 28 June 1794. Hussar Ordered: 26 March 1782 Built by: Fabian, Clayton & Willson, Sandgate. Keel laid: June 1782 Launched: 1 September 1784 Completed: November 1787 at Deptford Dockyard. Fate: Wrecked off Brittany 27 December 1796 Alligator Ordered: 7 May 1782 Built by: Philemon Jacobs, Sandgate. Keel laid: December 1782 Launched: 18 April 1787 Completed: 18 July 1790 at Deptford Dockyard. Fate: Sold at Plymouth Dockyard 21 July 1814. Dido Ordered: 5 June 1782 Built by: Joshua Stuart & Hall, Sandgate. Keel laid: September 1782 Launched: 27 November 1784 Completed: October 1787 at Portsmouth Dockyard. Fate: Sold at Portsmouth Dockyard on 3 April 1817. Lapwing Ordered: 22 October 1782 Built by: Thomas King, Dover. Keel laid: February 1783 Launched: 21 September 1785 Completed: 19 May 1791 at Woolwich Dockyard. Fate: Taken to pieces at Plymouth Dockyard in May 1828. References David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Brasseys Publications, London 1993. Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792, Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. External links Frigate classes Ship classes of the Royal Navy