HMS Hermes (1811)
Hermes | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| 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 | |
| Class & type | 20-gun Hermes-class sixth-rate post ship |
| Tons burthen | 5127⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
|
| 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 |
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.