Mermaid (1761)

Scale 1:96. Plan showing the quater deck and forecastle, upper deck and lower deck for Mermaid (1761), a 28-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate.
Signed J. Hounslow (Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard 1775-1784)

NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 301, states that 'Mermaid' was docked at Plymouth Dockyard on 24 February 1776, graved, and undocked on 4 July 1776. She sailedon 25 August 1776 having been fitted and undergone 'Small Repears'. She was "lost by running ashore to avoid falling into Enemy's Hands. Aug't 1778."

Object Details

ID: ZAZ3314
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Mermaid (1761)
Date made: ca.1760; 1775 - 1778
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 330 mm x 439 mm