HMS Mermaid (1761)

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.

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

Notes

    References

      • Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
      • 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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