Spanish frigate Ninfa (1795)

History
Spain
Name	Ninfa
Namesake	Nymph
Launched	1794 or 1795
Completed	1795
Captured	26 April 1797
Great Britain
Name	HMS Hamadryad
Namesake	Hamadryad
Acquired	26 April 1797
Commissioned	June 1797
Fate	Wrecked 25 December 1797
General characteristics
Type	36-gun frigate
Tons burthen	890 (bm)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	264
Armament	Gundeck: 26 × 12 pounder guns; Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pounder guns and 6 x 32 pounder carronades; Forecastle: 2 × 6 pounder guns and 2 × 32 pounder carronades;

Ninfa was a 36-gun Spanish frigate built at Mahon, on the island of Minorca, between 1794 and 1795. She was captured by the British in an action on 26 April 1797 and taken into service as HMS Hamadryad. She sank in a storm on 25 December the same year.

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