HMS Swallow (1795)

	Drawing showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth used to build the Swallow and other ships, 1795
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Swallow
Namesake	Swallow
Ordered	13 July 1795
Builder	Perry & Hankey, Blackwall
Laid down	July 1795
Launched	10 September 1795
Fate	Sold August 1802
United Kingdom
Name	Swallow
Owner	Metcalf
Acquired	1802 by purchase
Fate	No longer listed in the Register of Shipping after 1810
Notes	Fir-built
General characteristics
Type	Albatross-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	369 52⁄94, or 390 (bm)
Length	96 ft 2 in (29.3 m) (gundeck); 73 ft 10+1⁄2 in (22.5 m) (keel);
Beam	30 ft 8 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Complement	HMS: 121; Armed whaler:36;
Armament	HMS:16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers; Armed whaler:14 × 9-pounder guns;

HMS Swallow was an 18-gun Albatross-class brig-sloop of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1795 and sold in 1802. During her naval career she captured a number of French privateers while on the Jamaica station. After her sale she became an armed whaler sailing under a letter of marque. As a privateer she captured two French whaling vessels but then is no longer listed after 1810.

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