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HBMF Mermaid (1784)

Page history last edited by PBworks 15 years, 9 months ago

Mermaid, 32 Guns

 

Details

NationalityBritish
Ordered1782/03/21B064
Laid Down1782/07/29B064
Launched1784/11/29B064
ShipyardSheerness DYB064
DesignerHunt, EdwardB064
Master ShipbuilderPollard, ThomasB064
RateFifth Rate
TypeFrigate
Out Service1815/11B064
FateBroken UpB064

 

Dimensions

SourceBritish Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817
Length of Gundeck126' 21/2"
Length of Keel103' 93/4"
Breadth35' 5"
Depth in Hold11' 11"
Draught Forward8' 8"
Draught Aft13' 2"
Burthen69259/94

 

Armament

Date1790/06B064
Quarterdeck4British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2British 24-Pound Carronade
Gun Deck26British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck4British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2British 6-Pounder

 

Crew

DateMenNotesSource
1790/06250EstablishmentB064

 

Flag Officers

Date FromDate toRank/PositionNameSource

 

Commanders

Date FromDate toRankNameSource
1790/061791/04Post CaptainCuthbert CollingwoodB064
1793/021794/06Post CaptainJohn TriggeB064
1794/061796/02Post CaptainHenry WarreB064
1796/021796/04Post CaptainCharles Sydney DaversB064
1796/041797Post CaptainRobert OtwayB064
17971799/04Post CaptainJames NewmanB064
1799/041802/08Post CaptainRobert D OliverB064
1803/081808/09Post CaptainAskew HollisB064
1809/021809Post CaptainMajor HennikerB064
18111812/04CommanderWilliam PercyB064
1812/041814Post CaptainDavid DunnB064

 

Officers

Date FromDate ToRank/PositionNameSource

 

Service record

1784/12/30Completed for ordinary at a cost of £12,854. The cost of the work undertaken at Woolwich DY was an addition £1,807.B064
1790/06Started fitting for seaB064
1790/06Commissioned for the Spanish armament and then to the West IndiesB064
1790/08Completed fitting at a cost of £2,539B064
1791/04Returned to England and paid offB064
1793/02Started fitting at PortsmouthB064
1793/02RecommissionedB064
1793/05Completed fitting at a cost of £3,446B064
1793/05/22Sailed for the MediterraneanB064
1793/05/27In company with Tartar took the French 20-gun privateer General WashingtonB064
1793/05/30Took the 16-gun privateer AngeliqueB064
1793/06In company with Castor took a 14-gun privateerB064
1793/08In Hood's fleet in the attack on ToulonB064
1795/05/05Sailed for the Leeward IslandsB064
1795/10/10In company with Zebra took the 10-gun Brutus of GrenadaB064
1795/10/14In company with Zebra took the 18-gun RepublicaineB064
1796/12/10IN company with Resource took the 16-gun General LeveauB064
1797/03/07Took the privateer Liberte GeneralB064
1797/04/20The Mermaid's boats attacked shipping in Jean RabalB064
1797/12/31Involved with others in the capture of the 12-gun privateer Aventure off BelleisleB064
1799/03/24In company with the Sylph took the packet GolondreviaB064
1799/06/01Sailed for the MediterraneanB064
1800/06/01Took the 16-gun Cruelle off ToulonB064
1802/08Paid off into ordinary at WoolwichB064
1803/06Started refitting at WoolwichB064
1803/08RecommissionedB064
1803/09Completed refitting at WoolwichB064
1804On the Jamaica station, remaining until 1807B064
1807/08Paid offB064
1808/09Started a repair at WoolwichB064
1809/03Completed repairsB064
1809/06/12Sailed with a troop convoy for PortugalB064
1810/01Recommissioned as an 18-gun troopshipB064
1810/10Started fitting as a troopshipB064
1811/02Completed fitting as a troopshipB064
1815/11Broken up at PlymouthB064

 

Actions & Battles

DateSource
1796/08/08Action of 1796-08-08
1798/06/29Action of 1798-06-29

 

Notes

Originally ordered to be built at Woolwich DY on 1778/08/21 and the keel laid down in September 1778. The ship was named 1778/12/01 and re-ordered at Sheerness DY on March 21st 1782.

 

Sources

B064British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817

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