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 ...
of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...
. 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