HMS ''Meredith'' was a 10-gun
sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
. She was purchased for Navy service in March 1763 and so far has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name ''Meredith''.
She spent twenty one years in service, before being sold on 1 July 1784.
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Sloops of the Royal Navy