HMS Bermuda (1795)

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

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 1797List of Kings Ships now in Commission ^[2] records her as 38 Bermuda, T. Maxtone.

References

1. "Members' Ships: Royal Navy: A to B: HMS Bermuda (C52), Russian Convoy Club of New Zealand: Veterans of the Arctic Convoys 1941 - 1945 website". Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
2. 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