HMS Swan (1767)

HMS Swan was launched on 21 November 1767 at Plymouth as the lead ship of the 24 ships in the 14-gun Swan-class of ship-sloops built in the 1760s and 1770s. She served during the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary War. She bore the name HMS Explosion between 1779 and 1783; at the time she was classed as a fireship. She was laid up in 1801 and finally sold in 1814. Swan then became a whaler in the northern whale fishery, sailing out of Kingston-on-Hull. She also made one voyage to the southern whale fishery (1819–1821) and one merchant voyage to Brazil and Hamburg, before returning to the northern whale fishery. She was broken up circa. 1841.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Swan.

Swan
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Swan
Ordered18 January 1766
BuilderPlymouth Dockyard
Laid downJune 1766
Launched21 November 1767
CommissionedFebruary 1768
FateSold September 1814
United Kingdom
NameSwan
Acquired1814 by purchase
FateBroken up c.1841
General characteristics
Class and typeSwan-class
Tons burthen3004⁄94 bm
Length
  • 96 ft 5 in (29.4 m) (gundeck)
  • 78 ft 10 in (24.0 m) (keel)
Beam26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Complement125
Armament
  • 14 × 6-pounder guns;
  • 2 more added ca. 1780
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