HMS Mermaid (1761)

HMS Mermaid was a Mermaid-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was first commissioned in April 1761 under Captain George Watson.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Mermaid.

Drawing depicting the inboard profile plan as proposed and approved for the Mermaid, 1760
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Mermaid
Ordered: 24 April 1760
Builder: Hugh Blaydes, Hull
Laid down: 27 May 1760
Launched: 6 May 1761
Completed: September 1761
Commissioned: April 1761
Fate: Driven ashore 8 July 1778 to avoid capture
General characteristics
Class and type: Mermaid-class frigate
Displacement: 613 ​85⁄94 (bm)
Length:
  • 124 ft 0 in (37.80 m) (gundeck)
  • 102 ft 8.25 in (31.2992 m) (keel)
Beam: 33 ft 6.375 in (10.22033 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 200 officers and men
Armament:
  • 28 guns comprising
  • Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder cannon
  • Quarterdeck 4 × 3-pounder cannon
  • 12 swivels.

On 8 July 1778, the 50 gun Sagittaire and the 64-gun Fantasque forced the frigate HMS Mermaid to beach herself at Cape Henhlopen.[1]

Notes

    References
    1. Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 154.
    • Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
    • Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion.
    • David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
    • Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792, Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.


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