HMS Mermaid (1782)

HMS Mermaid (1782)

Gundeck: 26 x 12-pounder guns
QD: 4 x 6-pounder guns + 4 x 24-pounder carronades

Fc: 2 x 6-pounder guns + 2 x 24-pounder carronades

HMS Mermaid was a 32-gun Active-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, launched in 1784 and broken up in 1815. During the French Revolutionary Wars she served in the West Indies, the Channel, and the Mediterranean. During the Napoleonic Wars she first served in the Americas, but from early 1811 on she was armed en flute and served as a troopship until she was broken up.

Read more about HMS Mermaid (1782):  Design and Construction, Early Career, French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars, Fate, Footnotes