HMS Mersey (1814)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Mersey.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Mersey
Ordered	18 January 1813
Builder	William Courtney, Chester
Laid down	March 1813
Launched	March 1814
Commissioned	September 1818
Fate	Broken up in July 1852
General characteristics
Class and type	20-gun sixth-rate Conway-class post ship
Tons burthen	450.7 long tons (458 t)
Length	108 ft 6 in (33.1 m) (gundeck) 90 ft 1.25 in (27.5 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 8 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft (2.74 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	155
Armament	20 guns: UD: 18 × 32 pdrs carronades QD: 6 x 12-pounder carronades Fc: 2 x 12-pounder carronades and 2 × 6 pdr chase guns

The first HMS Mersey was a Conway-class 20-gun sixth-rate post ship, launched in 1814; she was re-rated as 26 guns in 1817. She was launched too late to see action in the Napoleonic War, though she nevertheless had a long and distinguished career that took her to Halifax Station in 1818 and then the South American station in 1824 until her departure in 1827, when she was then deployed to the Caribbean station from that year until 1831. She was eventually broken up in 1852.

Sources

• Rif Winfield. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. 2nd edition, Seaforth Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.