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| Name | HMS Mermaid |
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| Builder | J. Pollard, Sheerness Dockyard[1] |
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| Launched | 29 November 1784 |
| Commissioned | 30 December 1784 (for Ordinary), then June to August 1790 for sea duty |
| Fate | Broken up in November 1815 |
| General characteristics As built[2] | |
| Class and type | 32-gun Active-class fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 69259⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 126 ft 2+1⁄2 in (38.5 m) (overall); 1,036 ft 9+3⁄4 in (316.0 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 35 ft 5 in (10.8 m) |
| Draught | 13 ft 2 in (4.0 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 250 |
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HMS Mermaid was a 32-gun Active-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, launched in 1784 and broken up in 1815. During the French Revolutionary Wars she served in the West Indies, the Channel, and the Mediterranean. During the Napoleonic Wars she first served in the Americas, but from early 1811 on, she was armed en flute and served as a troopship until she was broken up.
- ^ "NMM, vessel ID 371371" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol ii. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 198.