Talk:HMS Mermaid

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• An early Mermaid had John Tyrrell (Oakley) appointed captain on 18 April 1682

• HMS Mermaid (28), launched 1761, was the archetype of the Mermaid class frigates adapted from a French prize by Thomas Slade - 124 feet long, 612 tons, armed with 24 x 9pdrs on the main deck, 4 x 3pdrs on the quarter deck and 12 x ½pdr swivels. The ship's complement was 200 men. Construction consumed 64,000 cubic feet of timber, 90% oak, or about 28 acres of woodland. The total cost to build was about ₤10,000 in money of the day. Five others of her class were built between 1760 and 1771; Hussar, Solebay, Greyhound, Triton, and Boreas. HMS Hussar, a fabled treasure ship, was lost at Hell Gate, New York, 1780. On 8 July 1778 Mermaid was cast ashore on the Maryland coast at Assateague Island near Sinepuxent Inlet by her captain James Hawker to avoid surrendering to the French under Comte d'Estaing.

--Jackyd101 (talk) 15:35, 31 January 2008 (UTC)