HMS Hermes (1798)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hermes and Hermes (ship).

History
Great Britain
NameHermes
BuilderThomas Hearn, North Shields[1]
Launched1797
FateSold c.1798
Great Britain
NameHMS Hermes
Acquired1798 by purchase
FateSold 1802
United Kingdom
NameHermes
Acquired1802 by purchase
Captured1805
General characteristics [2]
TypeShip-sloop
Tons burthen313,[3] or 331 (bm)[4]
Length
  • Overall:100 ft 0 in (30.5 m)
  • Keel:77 ft 0 in (23.5 m)
Beam28 ft 5 in (8.7 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0 in (3.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planShip-rigged
Armament
  • British service:
  • Upper deck:16 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc:2 × 12-pounder carronades

HMS Hermes was the mercantile Hermes launched at Shields in 1797. The British Royal Navy purchased her in 1798 and sold her in 1802 after the Treaty of Amiens. She then returned to mercantile service as a West Indiaman. The French captured her in 1805.

  1. ^ Tyne Built Ships. Accessed 16 August 2019.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 269.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LG15491 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 290.