HMS Mermaid (1784)
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HMS Mermaid was a 32-gun Active-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, launched in 1784 and broken up in 1815. During the French Revolutionary Wars she served in the West Indies, the Channel, and
Mermaid captures Brutus
Action of 30 June 1798
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The action of 30 June 1798 was a minor naval engagement fought along the Biscay coast of France during the French Revolutionary Wars. The French Navy had been largely driven from the Atlantic Ocean ea
HMS Mermaid (1784)
…While patrolling off the Penmarks on 29 June 1798 Mermaid, Pique, and Jason came across the French frigate Seine, which was bound for Lorient. At the action of 30 June 1798, The British squadron manoeuvred to cut Seine off from land, but Mermaid soon lost contact, leaving Pique, under Captain Milne, and Jason under Captain…
A Representation of the Jason 38 guns, capturing the La Seine John Fairburn, 1798