HMS Mermaid (1784)

Mermaid captures Brutus
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Mermaid
Ordered	27 August 1778 (Woolwich) Reordered 21 March 1782 (Sheerness)
Builder	J. Pollard, Sheerness Dockyard[1]
Laid down	September 1778 (Woolwich) 29 July 1782 (Sheerness)
Launched	29 November 1784
Commissioned	30 December 1784 (for Ordinary), then June to August 1790 for sea duty
Fate	Broken up in November 1815
General characteristics As built[2]
Class and type	32-gun Active-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	69259⁄94 (bm)
Length	126 ft 2+1⁄2 in (38.5 m) (overall); 1,036 ft 9+3⁄4 in (316.0 m) (keel)
Beam	35 ft 5 in (10.8 m)
Draught	13 ft 2 in (4.0 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	250
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.