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HMS Levant was a sixth-rate 28-gun frigate of the Coventry-class frigate, launched in 1758. Principally a hunter of privateers, she was also designed to be a match for small French frigates, but with a broader hull and sturdier build at the expense of some speed and manoeuvrability. Assigned to the Jamaica station in 1759, Levant defeated nine French vessels in three years at sea and was part of the British expedition against Martinique in 1762. The frigate was decommissioned in 1763, returned to service in 1766 for patrol duties in the Caribbean, decommissioned for a second time in 1770, and reinstated at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. Sent to the Mediterranean and based at Gibraltar, Levant captured or sank a total of fourteen enemy craft over the next three years, including an 18-gun American privateer. The ageing frigate was removed from Navy service in 1779 and broken up at Deptford Dockyard in 1780, having secured a total of 31 victories during 21 years at sea.

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Hi and anyone else interested: a draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:52, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi and thanks for the ping. I don't really edit any more so am happy to leave this wording in your capable hands.


 * If I had to offer a view I'd say the second sentence might need revising as it implies the different speed and manoeuvrability of this frigate class were deliberately done to enable the hunting of their French counterparts. In fact their design was more experimental, and part of a longer evolurion in RN design. But other than that I'll leave it with you, and all the best with it! -- Euryalus (talk) 07:10, 14 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Ah, yes, thanks. Some nuance seems to have been lost there. I have tweaked by copying in the exact sentence from the article lead. Ping Dank for info. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:04, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Agreed ... when there are disagreements like this, copying in a sentence exactly from the lead (or from the text below the lead, if that works better) is a good way to handle it (unless it's clear that the sentence in the article is deficient ... it's not, here). - Dank (push to talk) 22:10, 14 January 2020 (UTC)