HMS Swallow (1781)

History
Great Britain
Builder	Robert Fabian, East Cowes
Launched	1781
Acquired	1781 by purchase
Fate	Sold 1795
Great Britain
Owner	Liverpool merchants Thomas Twemlow, Peter MacIver, Samuel McDowell, and Iver MacIver, and her captain John MacIver
Acquired	1796
Fate	Last listed 1799
General characteristics
Tons burthen	254, or 256, or 26215⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall:80 ft 0 in (24.4 m); Keel:580 ft 7+1⁄4 in (177.0 m);
Beam	29 ft 0 in (8.8 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 5 in (3.2 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	HMS: 90; West Indiaman: 35; Hired armed vessel:80;
Armament	HMS: 16 × 4-pounder guns; West Indiaman: 14 × 6&9-pounder guns; Hired armed vessel:20 × 6&12-pounder cannons + coehorns + swivel guns;

In 1781 the British Royal Navy purchased HMS Swallow on the stocks. The Navy sold her in 1795. She became a West Indiaman and a hired armed vessel for the British government. She captured some prizes and was last listed in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1799.

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