HMS Mermaid (original) (raw)

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid: * was a galley captured in 1545 and listed until 1563. * HMS Mermaid (1651) was a 24-gun ship launched in 1651, rebuilt as a 32-gun fifth rate in 1689, rebuilt again in 1707 and broken up in 1734. * was an 8-gun fireship captured in 1692 and burnt by accident in 1693. * was to have been a 24-gun sixth rate. She was renamed in 1735 and launched in 1736. * HMS Mermaid was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1708 as HMS Ruby. She was renamed HMS Mermaid in 1744 and was sold in 1748. * HMS Mermaid (1749) was a 24-gun sixth-rate frigate launched in 1749 and wrecked in 1760. * HMS Mermaid (1761) was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate launched in 1761 and wrecked during combat in 1778. * HMS Mermaid (1782) was a 32-g