HMS St Fermin (1780)

History
Spain
Name	San Fermín
Operator	Compañía Guipuzcoana de Caracas
Launched	1779
Captured	On 8 January 1780, by the Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name	HMS St Fermin
Acquired	16 January 1780
Captured	On 4 April 1781, by the Spanish Navy
Spain
Name	San Fermín
Commissioned	1781[1]
Out of service	1785[2]
Fate	Decommissioned 1785
General characteristics [3]
Class and type	16-gun ship-sloop
Tons burthen	250 (bm)
Length	Overall: 90 ft 2+1⁄2 in (27.5 m) Keel: 72 ft 4 in (22.0 m)
Beam	25 ft 6 in (7.8 m)
Draught	12 ft 0 in (3.7 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	100 (British service)
Armament	16 × 6-pounder guns (British service)

San Fermín was launched in 1779 and became an armed merchant corvette for the Gipuzkoan Trading Company of Caracas. The British captured her at the action of 8 January 1780 and took her into the Royal Navy as HMS St. Fermin. The Spanish Navy recaptured her in 1781 and put her into service with the same name until she was decommissioned in 1785.