| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Ninfa |
| Namesake | Nymph |
| Launched | 1794 or 1795 |
| Completed | 1795 |
| Captured | 26 April 1797 |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:White_Ensign_of_Great_Britain_(1707%E2%80%931800).svg){kind=small} Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Hamadryad |
| Namesake | Hamadryad |
| Acquired | 26 April 1797 |
| Commissioned | June 1797 |
| Fate | Wrecked 25 December 1797 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | 36-gun frigate |
| Tons burthen | 890 (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 264 |
| Armament |
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Ninfa was a 36-gun Spanish frigate built at Mahon, on the island of Minorca, between 1794 and 1795. She was captured by the British in an action on 26 April 1797 and taken into service as HMS Hamadryad. She sank in a storm on 25 December the same year.