HMS Mermaid (1761)

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

History
Great Britain
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
General characteristics
Class & type:	Mermaid-class frigate
Displacement:	613 ​85⁄94 (bm)
Length:	124 ft 0 in (37.80 m) (gundeck) 102 ft 8.25 in (31.2992 m) (keel)
Beam:	33 ft 6.375 in (10.22033 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	200 officers and men
Armament:	28 guns comprising Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder cannon Quarterdeck 4 × 3-pounder cannon 12 swivels.

HMS Mermaid was a Mermaid-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was first commissioned in April 1761 under Captain George Watson.

References

• Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
• David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
• Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792, Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.