HMS Mermaid (1817)

HMS Mermaid was a cutter of the Royal Navy. She was built in Howrah, India in 1816. Between December 1817 and December 1820 she was used by Phillip Parker King to survey parts of the Australian coast not already examined by Matthew Flinders.King circumnavigated the Australian mainland and conducted a survey of the Inner Route through the Great Barrier Reef. In September 1825 Mermaid transported Edmund Lockyer to Moreton Bay so he could explore the upper reaches of the Brisbane River.

HMS Mermaid (1817)

HMS Mermaid was a cutter of the Royal Navy. She was built in Howrah, India in 1816. Between December 1817 and December 1820 she was used by Phillip Parker King to survey parts of the Australian coast not already examined by Matthew Flinders.King circumnavigated the Australian mainland and conducted a survey of the Inner Route through the Great Barrier Reef. In September 1825 Mermaid transported Edmund Lockyer to Moreton Bay so he could explore the upper reaches of the Brisbane River.