HMS Hermes (1796)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hermes.

History
Dutch Navy Ensign Batavian Navy EnsignThe Netherlands
Namede Kemphaan
Launched1781
Captured12 May 1796
Great Britain
NameHMS Hermes
Acquired1796 by capture
FateFoundered 31 January 1797
General characteristics [1][2]
Typebrig-sloop
Tonnage210 (bm)[2]
Length85' (Amsterdam foot)[Note 1]
Beam30'
Depth of hold13'
PropulsionSails
Complement
  • Dutch service:150
  • At capture:85
  • Royal Navy:80
Armament
  • Dutch service: 12-24 guns
  • At capture:16 guns
  • British service: 14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

HMS Hermes was the Dutch cutter Mercuur, that the Amsterdam Admiralty purchased in 1781 or 1782. (Mercuur was a brig when captured.) captured her off the Texel on 12 May 1796 after a chase during which Mercuur threw all but two of her guns overboard.[3]

The British Royal Navy commissioned her in July 1796 under Commander William Mulso, for the North Sea.[2]

Hermes disappeared during a gale on 31 January 1797.[2] she was presumed to have foundered with all hands.[4]

Notes, citations, and references[]

Notes

  1. ^ 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.

Citations

  1. ^ van Maanen (2008), p. 22.
  2. ^ a b c d Winfield (2008), p. 290.
  3. ^ "No. 13894". The London Gazette. 21 May 1796. p. 491.
  4. ^ Hepper (1994), p. 83.

References

  • Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
  • van Maanen, Ron (20 June 2008). "Preliminary list of Dutch naval vessel built or required in the period 1700-1799" (PDF). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
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