HMS Eurydice (1781)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Eurydice
Ordered	24 July 1776
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	February 1777
Launched	26 March 1781
Completed	3 June 1781
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Martinique"[1]
Fate	Broken up in March 1834
General characteristics
Class and type	24-gun Porcupine-class post ship
Tons burthen	521.3 (bm)
Length	114 ft 3 in (34.82 m) (overall) 94 ft 2+3⁄4 in (28.721 m) (keel)
Beam	32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
Draught	7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 11 ft (3.4 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	160 (140 by 1815)
Armament	As built: Upper deck (UD): 22 × 9-pounder guns QD: 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers By 1815: UD: 14 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 18-pounder carronades QD: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Eurydice was a 24-gun Porcupine-class post ship of the Royal Navy built in 1781 and broken up in 1834. During her long career she saw service in the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. She captured a number of enemy privateers and served in the East and West Indies, the Mediterranean and British and American waters.