HMS Mermaid

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Numerous ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid.

  • HMS Mermaid was a fifth rate frigate built in 1651 and broken up in 1734.
  • HMS Mermaid was a fifth rate frigate renamed from HMS Ruby in 1744 and sold in 1748.
  • HMS Mermaid was a sixth rate frigate built in 1749 and wrecked in 1760.
  • HMS Mermaid was a sixth rate frigate built in 1761 and wrecked during combat in 1778.
  • HMS Mermaid was a fifth rate frigate built in 1782 and broken up in 1815.
  • HMS Mermaid was a fifth rate frigate built in 1825 and sold in 1874.
  • Three minor warships bore the name HMS Mermaid.
  • HMS Mermaid was an early destroyer built in 1898 and sold in 1919 after the First World War.
  • A minor warship bore the name HMS Mermaid.
  • HMS Mermaid was a frigate built in 1943 and sold to the Bundesmarine in 1958.
  • HMS Mermaid was a frigate built in 1973. After a disastrous collision with HMS Fittleton (M1136) in 1976 she was sold to the Royal Malaysian Navy as KD Hang Tuah in 1977 as a training ship.
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