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Name: HERMES
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1797
Completed: 1797
Builder: Thomas Hearn
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 331tonsb, 100.0 (OA) x 28.4 x ?ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Ship
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1797 Unknown owner
1798 British Royal Navy
06/1802 Unknown owner
by 1803 Mr Henly, London
05/04/1805 Government of France
No later history known
Comments: 1798: Purchased by The Admiralty for £2,900
Armed with 16 x 1 x 32pdr carronades & 2 x 1 x 12pdr carronades
Used for convoy work in the North Sea
1803: For use on the London to Jamaica trade
05/04/1805: Captured by the French & taken into Guadeloupe
On a voyage from Jamaica to London