&sq=&lang=&file=File:Mermaid_ship_(1817).jpeg) The cutter Mermaid
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Mermaid |
| Builder | Thompson, Howrah[1] |
| Launched | 1816 |
| Fate | Sold 1817 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Mermaid |
| Acquired | 1817 by purchase |
| Commissioned | 16 October 1817 |
| Fate | Sold 1823 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Mermaid |
| Owner | Government of New South Wales |
| Acquired | 1823 by purchase |
| Fate | Wrecked on 13 June 1829, Flora Reef, Queensland |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 83,[2] 84,[1] or 85 (bm) |
| Length | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Beam | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 10 in (2.7 m) |
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| Notes | Teak-built |
HMS Mermaid was a cutter built in Howrah, India, in 1816. The British Royal Navy purchased her at Port Jackson in 1817. The Navy then used her to survey the Australian coasts. In 1820 she grounded and in 1823 was condemned for survey work. The Navy sold her to the colonial government which used her to run errands until she was wrecked in 1829.
- ^ a b Phipps (1840), p. 108.
- ^ Phipps (1840), p. 142.