&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Mermaid_IWM_FL_15205.jpg) Mermaid underway in 1944
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Mermaid |
| Namesake | Mermaid |
| Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Laid down | 8 September 1942 |
| Launched | 11 November 1943 |
| Completed | 12 May 1944 |
| Fate | Sold to West Germany, 5 May 1959 |
 West Germany | |
| Name | Scharnhorst |
| Namesake | Gerhard von Scharnhorst |
| Acquired | 5 May 1959 |
| Decommissioned | 1980 |
| Fate | Broken up, April 1990 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Modified Black Swan-class sloop |
HMS Mermaid was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. Mermaid saw service as a convoy escort during the Second World War, taking part in the sinking of two German submarines while escorting Arctic convoys to and from the Soviet Union.
Mermaid was sold to Federal Republic of Germany in 1959, where she was renamed Scharnhorst and used as a training ship.