HMS Mermaid (1761)

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	Template:Sclass-
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 Template:Sclass- sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was first commissioned in April 1761 under Captain George Watson.

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

References

• 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.

External links

• Media related to HMS Mermaid (1761) at Wikimedia Commons