HMS Mermaid (1784)

Mermaid captures Brutus
History
Royal Navy Ensign (1707–1801)Great Britain
NameHMS Mermaid
Ordered
  • 27 August 1778 (Woolwich)
  • Reordered 21 March 1782 (Sheerness)
BuilderJ. Pollard, Sheerness Dockyard[1]
Laid down
  • September 1778 (Woolwich)
  • 29 July 1782 (Sheerness)
Launched29 November 1784
Commissioned30 December 1784 (for Ordinary), then June to August 1790 for sea duty
FateBroken up in November 1815
General characteristics As built[2]
Class and type32-gun Active-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen6925994 (bm)
Length126 ft 2+12 in (38.5 m) (overall); 1,036 ft 9+34 in (316.0 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft 5 in (10.8 m)
Draught13 ft 2 in (4.0 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement250
Armament
  • Gundeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 24-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades

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.

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 198.