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The ''Hermes''-class were a series of four post ships launched between 1811 and 1816. Two pairs of ships were produced, to slightly different designs – the first two had 20 guns and were unrated, whilst the latter two were 26 gun sixth-rates. The original 1810 design was based on the ex-French 20-gun corvette ''Bonne Citoyenne'', which the British had captured in 1796. The first pair were built at Milford Dockyard on the north side of Milford Haven. ''Hermes'' was launched in 1811 and ''Myrmidon'' in 1813. Milford Dockyard was closed following their construction, and the second pair were built at the new Pater (later Pembroke Dock) Dockyard on the south side of Milford Haven. The second pair – ''Ariadne'' and ''Valorous'' – were launched on the same date in 1816. They were modified at Plymouth Dockyard before their first commission by the addition of quarterdecks and forecastle to what had originally been flush-deck vessels, and they were at that time re-classed as 26-gun sixth rates. The ''Cyrus''-class was based on the design of the later ''Hermes''-class ships. == Ships in class == * * * Builder: Milford Dockyard * * Ordered: 18 January 1810 * * Laid down: May 1810 * * Launched: 22 July 1811 * * Completed: 7 September 1811 * * Fate: Grounded and burnt in action at Mobile in 1814. * * * Builder: Milford Dockyard * * Ordered: 2 August 1811 * * Laid down: July 1812 * * Launched: 18 June 1813 * * Completed: 6 February 1814 at Plymouth Dockyard * * Fate: Broken up at Portsmouth in 1823. * * * Builder: Pater Dockyard * * Ordered: 28 November 1812 * * Laid down: April 1815 * * Launched: 10 February 1816 * * Completed: 21 March 1816 * * Fate: Sold to break up at Alexandria in 1841. * * * Builder: Pater Dockyard * * Ordered: 28 November 1812 * * Laid down: March 1815 * * Launched: 10 February 1816 * * Completed: 26 March 1816 at Plymouth Dockyard * * Fate: Broken up at Chatham in 1829. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hermes-class post ship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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