| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Bermuda |
| Namesake | British colony of Bermuda |
| Launched | 1795 |
| Commissioned | 1795 |
| Fate | Disappeared in September 1796 in the Gulf of Florida |
| General characteristics | |
| Armament | 14 guns |
HMS Bermuda was a 14-gun brig-sloop built in Bermuda,[1] which was purchased and commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1795, the first Royal Navy ship of her name. She disappeared in September 1796 in the Gulf of Florida.
The Royal Kalendar or, Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America. For the Year 1797 List of Kings Ships now in Commission[2] records her as 38 Bermuda, T. Maxtone.
References
- ↑ Members’ Ships: Royal Navy: A to B: HMS Bermuda (C52), Russian Convoy Club of New Zealand: Veterans of the Arctic Convoys 1941 - 1945 website
- ↑ Royal Kalendar or, Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America. For the Year 1797, Page 109: List of Kings Ships now in Commission. Printed for J. Debrett, opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly, London: G. G. and J. Robinson, S. Bladon, and G. & T. Wilkie, in Paternoster-Row; B. Law and Son, in Ave-Maria Lane; J. Curtis, on Ludgate-hill; W. March, in Ludgate-Street; Cadell and Davies, in the Strand; W. Richardson, at the Royal Exchange; H. W. Byfield & Co. and J. Cooper, and Son, Charing-Cross; T. Wills, in Stationers Court; and L. B. Seeley, Paternoster Row
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