HMS Nemesis (1780)

Lower deck of HMS Nemesis
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Nemesis
Ordered	30 September 1777
Builder	Jolly, Leathers & Barton, Liverpool (completed after launch by John Smallshaw & Co after business failure of Jolly & Co.)
Laid down	November 1777
Launched	23 January 1780
Completed	22 June 1780 (at Plymouth Dockyard)
Commissioned	January 1780
France
Name	Némésis[1]
Acquired	By capture on 9 December 1795
Captured	Surrendered on 9 March 1796
Great Britain
Name	HMS Nemesis
Acquired	Captured on 9 March 1796
Fate	Sold 9 June 1814
General characteristics
Class and type	28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	598 37⁄94 (bm)
Length	120 ft 7 in (36.75 m) (overall) 99 ft 6 in (30.33 m) (keel)
Beam	33 ft 7+1⁄2 in (10.2 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft (3.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	200 officers and men
Armament	Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 18-pounder carronades 12 × swivel guns

HMS Nemesis was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The French captured her in 1795 at Smyrna, but in 1796 a squadron led by Barfleur brought her out of the neutral port of Tunis. Throughout her career she served under a number of commanders who would go on to have distinguished careers. She was converted to a troopship in 1812 and was sold in 1814.