HMS Mermaid (1761)

HMS Mermaid was a Mermaid-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was first commissioned in April 1761 under Captain George Watson and built in Blaydes Yard in Kingston-Upon-Hull.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Mermaid.

Drawing depicting the inboard profile plan as proposed and approved for the Mermaid, 1760
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Mermaid
Ordered24 April 1760
BuilderHugh Blaydes, Hull
Laid down27 May 1760
Launched6 May 1761
CompletedSeptember 1761
CommissionedApril 1761
FateDriven ashore 8 July 1778 to avoid capture
General characteristics
Class and type Mermaid-class frigate
Displacement613 85⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 124 ft 0 in (37.80 m) (gundeck)
  • 102 ft 8.25 in (31.2992 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 6.375 in (10.22033 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200 officers and men
Armament
  • 28 guns comprising
  • Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder cannon
  • Quarterdeck 4 × 3-pounder cannon
  • 12 swivels.

On 8 July 1778, the 50 gun Sagittaire and the 64-gun Fantasque forced the frigate HMS Mermaid to beach herself at Cape Henhlopen.[2]

Notes

    References
    1. "Hugh Blaydes (1686-?)".
    2. Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 154.
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