HMS Hermes (1811)
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HMS Hermes was a 20-gun Hermes-class sixth-rate flush-decked sloop-of-war built in Milford Dockyard to the lines of the ex-French Bonne Citoyenne. She was destroyed in 1814 to prevent her falling into American hands after grounding during her unsuccessful attack on Fort Bowyer on Mobile Point outside Mobile, Alabama.
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Hermes | |
History | |
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Name | HMS Hermes |
Ordered | 18 January 1810 |
Builder | Milford Dockyard |
Laid down | May 1810 |
Launched | 22 July 1811 |
Completed | 7 September 1811 |
Fate | Grounded in combat and burnt on 15 September 1814 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 20-gun Hermes-class sixth-rate post ship |
Tons burthen | 5127⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 31 ft 0 in (9.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 135 |
Armament | 2 × 9-pounder guns + 18 × 32-pounder carronades |
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