HMS Hermes (1796)
{{short description|Brig-sloop of the Royal Navy}}
{{other ships|HMS Hermes}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Dutch Republic/Batavian Republic |Ship flag=File:Prinsenvlag.svg File:Flag of the Batavian Republic.svg |Ship name=Mercuur |Ship ordered= |Ship builder= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=1781 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship captured=12 May 1796 |Ship fate= |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=Great Britain |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Kingdom of Great Britain|naval}} |Ship name=HMS Hermes |Ship ordered= |Ship builder= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= |Ship acquired=1796 by capture |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Foundered 31 January 1797 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption={{sfnp|van Maanen|2008|p=22}}{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=290}} |Ship class= |Ship type=brig-sloop |Ship tons burthen=210 (bm){{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=290}} |Ship length=85 Amsterdam feet{{efn|All linear measurements are in Amsterdam feet (voet) of 11 Amsterdam inches (duim) (see Dutch units of measurement). The Amsterdam foot is about 8% shorter than an English foot.}} |Ship beam=30 Amsterdam feet |Ship draught= |Ship hold depth=13 Amsterdam feet |Ship sail plan= |Ship propulsion=Sails |Ship complement=*Dutch service:150
|Ship armament=*Dutch service: 12-24 guns
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HMS Hermes was the Dutch cutter Mercuur, that the Amsterdam Admiralty purchased in 1781 or 1782. (Mercuur was a brig when captured.) {{HMS|Sylph|1795|6}} captured her off the Texel in the action of 12 May 1796 after a chase during which Mercuur threw all but two of her guns overboard.{{London Gazette|date=21 May 1796|issue=13894|page=491}}
The Royal Navy commissioned her in July 1796 under Commander William Mulso, for the North Sea.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=290}}
Hermes disappeared during a gale on 31 January 1797.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=290}} She was presumed to have foundered with all hands.{{sfnp|Hepper|1994|p=83}}
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References
- {{cite book|last=Hepper | first=David J.| date=1994|title=British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859| publisher=Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot|isbn=0-948864-30-3}}
- {{cite web|last=van Maanen |first=Ron |date=20 June 2008 |title=Preliminary list of Dutch naval vessel built or required in the period 1700-1799 |url=http://3decks.pbworks.com/f/Dutch+Navy+1700-1799.pdf}}
- {{cite book |first1=Rif |last1=Winfield |title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates |publisher=Seaforth Publishing|year=2008 |isbn=978-1-86176-246-7}}
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Category:Brig-sloops of the Royal Navy
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