HMS Swan (1767)
| History | |
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| Class and type: | Swan class ship sloop |
| Name: | HMS Swan |
| Ordered: | 18 January 1766 |
| Builder: | Plymouth Dockyard |
| Laid down: | June 1766 |
| Launched: | 21 November 1767 |
| Commissioned: | February 1768 |
| Fate: | Sold September 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 300 4⁄94 bm |
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| Beam: | 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
| Complement: | 125 |
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Swan.
HMS Swan was the lead ship in the 14-gun Swan class of ship sloops, to which design 25 vessels were built in the 1760s and 1770s; she was launched on 21 November 1767. She bore the name HMS Explosion between 1779 and 1783 whilst being used as a fireship. She served during both the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary War before being laid up in 1801; she was sold for disposal in 1814.
Swan took Europe and sent her to Cowes around 17 July 1793.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Winfield, Rif, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
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