HMS Mercury (1779)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Mercury.
HMS Mercury was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built during the American War of Independence and serving during the later years of that conflict. She continued to serve during the years of peace and had an active career during the French Revolutionary Wars and most of the Napoleonic Wars, until being broken up in 1814.
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HMS Mercury cutting out a French gunboat from Rovigno, 1 April 1809 | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Mercury |
Ordered | 22 January 1778 |
Builder | Peter Everitt Mestaer, King and Queen Shipyard, Rotherhithe |
Laid down | 25 March 1778 |
Launched | 9 December 1779 |
Completed | By 24 February 1780 |
Fate | Broken up in January 1814 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen | 60512⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 33 ft 9 in (10.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft 0+1⁄2 in (3.4 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 200 |
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