Английская Википедия:HMS Hermes (1803)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS Hermes was launched as the mercantile Majestic at Whitby in 1801. The British Royal Navy purchased Majestic in 1803. She had an uneventful career and the Navy sold her in 1810.
Career
Absent original research, there are no records that provide any further details about MajesticШаблон:'s origins or career prior to her sale to the Navy. She does not appear in the most complete list of vessels built at Whitby.Шаблон:Sfnp She is not Шаблон:Ship, which also was launched at Whitby in 1801.
After the Admiralty purchased Majestic in July 1803, she underwent fitting at Woolwich between July and October. Commander John Astley Bennett commissioned her in August for the North Sea.Шаблон:Sfnp
In May 1804 Commander John Davie transferred from his position with the Sea Fencibles at Harwich to replace Bennett. He transferred to Шаблон:HMS in December. In January 1805 Commander Joseph Westbeach took command.Шаблон:Sfnp Hermes underwent fitting at Sheerness between September and November. Commander Peter Rye recommissioned her in October 1806. In November Commander Edward Reynolds Sibly (or Sibley) replaced Rye.Шаблон:Sfnp
On 9 March 1807 Hermes sailed for the Cape of Good Hope. In 1808 she participated in the British operations in the River Plate.Шаблон:Sfnp
Commander Silby transferred to Шаблон:HMS in May 1809 while Hermes was at Deptford between April and June being fitted as a storeship. She was recommissioned in April.Шаблон:Sfnp
Fate
The "Principal Officeres and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered Hermes, lying at Deptford, for sale on 24 March 1810.[1] She sold there on that date.Шаблон:Sfnp
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