HMS Mermaid (1761)
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| 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) |
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| Beam: | 33 ft 6.375 in (10.22033 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 200 officers and men |
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HMS Mermaid was a Mermaid-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was first commissioned in April 1761 under Captain George Watson.
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- 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.
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