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HMS Mermaid (1761)
Career (Great Britain) Royal Navy Ensign (1707-1801)
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 & type: Mermaid-class frigate
Displacement: 613 8594 (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.

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