![]() Drawing depicting the inboard profile plan as proposed and approved for the Mermaid, 1760
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Name | HMS Mermaid |
Ordered | 24 April 1760 |
Builder | Hugh Blaydes, Hull |
Laid down | 27 May 1760 |
Launched | 6 May 1761 |
Completed | September 1761 |
Commissioned | April 1761 |
Fate | Driven ashore 8 July 1778 to avoid capture |
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Class and type | Mermaid-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 613 85⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 33 ft 6.375 in (10.22033 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 200 officers and men |
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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]
Sometime in May, 1777 she captured "Elizabeth". On 5 June, 1777 she recaptured "2 Betsys" off Cape Negro, Nova Scotia.[2] On 30 July, 1777 she captured "Hero" off Cape Sable.[3] On 29 August, 1777 she recaptured "Fanny" off the Seal Islands. Sometime in September, 1777 recaptured "Sophia" off Barrington.[4] On 1 March, 1778 she captured schooner Rebecca off St. Georges Bank.[5] On 8 July 1778, the 50 gun Sagittaire and the 64-gun Fantasque forced HMS Mermaid to beach herself at Cape Henhlopen.[6]