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HBMF Mermaid (1651)

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Mermaid, 24 Guns

Details
Nationality	British
Launched	1651/00/00
Shipyard	Limehouse
Constructor	Mathew Graves
Rate	Fifth Rate
Type	Ship
Out Service	1689
Fate	Broken Up to Rebuild
Becomes	Mermaid

Dimensions
B164		Type	Metric
Length of Gundeck	105' 0"	Imperial Feet	32
Length of Keel	86' 0"	Imperial Feet	26.21
Breadth	25' 0"	Imperial Feet	7.62
Depth in Hold	10' 0"	Imperial Feet	3.05
Draught Aft	12' 0"	Imperial Feet	3.66
Burthen	285 ⁸⁵/₉₄	Tons BM

Armament
1651	B164	Broadside Weight = 91
Gun Deck	18	British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck	4	British Saker
1666	B164	Broadside Weight = 124
Gun Deck	22	British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck	9	British Saker
Gun Deck	2	British 3-Pounder
1677	B164	Broadside Weight = 112
Gun Deck	18	British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck	10	British Saker
Gun Deck	4	British Minions
1685	B164	Broadside Weight = 95
Gun Deck	12	British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck	10	British Saker
Gun Deck	4	British Saker Cutts
Gun Deck	4	British Minions

Crew Complement
Date	Men	Notes	Source
1651	100		B164
1660	110		B164

Commanders
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1652	1653	Post Captain	Richard Stayner	B164
1653	1653/10	Post Captain	John King	B164
1653/10	1655	Post Captain	James Ableson	W015
1656	1660	Post Captain	Peter Foote	B164
1661/10/24	1663/02/20	Post Captain	Edward Nixon	B051
1664/10/24	1665/04/16	Post Captain	John King	B051
1665/04/17	1665/12/06	Post Captain	Jasper Grant	B051
1665/12/08	1668/12/11	Post Captain	George Watson	B051
1672/01/10	1672/04/09	Post Captain	Thomas Hamilton	B051
1672/04/17	1672/06/21	Post Captain	Errick Sieubladg	B164
1672/06/22	1673/08/08	Post Captain	John Temple	B164
1673/12/10	1674/05/28	Post Captain	Richard Tapson	B164
1677/04/04	1677/09/17	Post Captain	William Flawes	B164
1677/09/20	1678/05/21	Post Captain	David Lloyd	B164
1678/06/01	1679/06/12	Post Captain	Daniel Jones	B164
1680/03/15	1681/11/24	Post Captain	David Trotter	B164
1682/07/03	1683/02/24	Post Captain	John Tyrrell	B164
1684	1688	Post Captain	William Clifford	B164
1688/10/24	1689	Post Captain	Thomas Ley	B164

Service Record
Date	Notes	Source
1652/05/29	Present at the Battle of Dover
1653	Off the Dutch Coast during the winter of 1653/54	B164
1653/06/12	Present at the Battle of the Gabbard
1654	In the Mediterranean	B164
1655/04/04	Present at the Battle of Porto Farina
1656/07	In the Channel	B164
1662	At Tangier	B164
1665/04	Took the Dutch privateer Yonge Leewe	B164
1665/06/03	Present at the Battle of Lowestoft
1678	In the Channel	B164
1682	Voyage to Barbados	B164
1684	Back in home waters	B164
1686	Sailed with a squadron to Salee, returning in 1688	B164
1688/10	Reclassed as a fireship	B164

Fleets
Fleet Title	Commander	Date From	Date To	Source
British Baltic Fleet 1659	Lord Edward Montagu	1659/00/00	1659/00/00

Actions & Battles
Date		Source
1652/05/29	Battle of Dover
1653/06/12	Battle of the Gabbard
1655/04/04	Battle of Porto Farina
1665/06/03	Battle of Lowestoft

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

Sources
Id	Link or Description	Author
B164	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714	Rif Winfield
W015	English Parliamentary Journals	Various
B051	Biographia Navalis - Volume I	John Charnock

Last Updated :2009/07/01 at 10:11:25 by Cy

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