HMS LIVELY (1754)

'HMS ''Lively''' was a 20-gun sloop-of-war of the British Royal Navy built in 1754. She was briefly commanded in 1756 by Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, then a Commander in North American waters. In October 1759 she captured the French 28-gun frigate ''Valeur'', which entered British service.
In 1775, she was serving with Admiral Samuel Graves' North America Squadron and took part in the Siege of Boston. At 4 a.m. on June 17 1775, lookouts from HMS ''Lively'' sighted the newly-constructed rebel fortifications on Breed's Hill outside Boston. Her brief bombardment of the earthworks, which brought work on them to a temporary halt, opened the Battle of Bunker Hill.
She later returned to the Channel Fleet, where Samuel Hood, later Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, saw service with her as midshipman between 1779-80. She foundered off Stornoway, Scotland in 1782.

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