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.
Drawing depicting the inboard profile plan as proposed and approved for the Mermaid, 1760 | |
History | |
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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) |
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Beam: | 33 ft 6.375 in (10.22033 m) |
Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
Complement: | 200 officers and men |
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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]
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References
- 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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