HMS Mercury was a British rank 6 frigate of the 18th and early 19th centuries. The keel for the ship was laid in 1778, the launch took place in 1779, and the commissioning for service in the navy - probably a year later (1780). The ship was built at the King and Queen Shipyard in the then city of Rotherhithe in Great Britain. The vessel was 36.8 m long and 10.3 m wide. The ship was armed with 6 18lb guns, 24 9lb guns, 4 6lb guns and 12 railing cannons. HMS Mercury was an Enterprise class vessel and underwent very active service. It was created during the War of Independence of the United States (1775-1783) and took an active part in the final stage of this conflict on the shores of the future, new republic. After the conflict ended, he returned to England, where he was repaired and maintained. In the mid-1890s, he also took part in the struggle against the fleet of the revolutionary, and later Napoleonic, France, operating mainly in European waters. HMS Mercury was demolished in 1814 in Woolwich.
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