HMS Vulture (1776)

HMS Vulture was a 14 to 16-gun ship sloop of the Swan class, launched for the Royal Navy on 18 March 1776. She served during both the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary War, before the Navy sold her in 1802. Vulture is perhaps best known for being the warship to which Benedict Arnold fled on the Hudson River in 1780 after unsuccessfully trying to betray the Continental Army's fortress at West Point, New York to the British.

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

Plans of the Vulture
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Vulture
Ordered30 October 1775
BuilderJohn and William Wells, Deptford
Laid downNovember 1775
Launched18 March 1776
CommissionedApril 1776
FateSold August 1802
General characteristics
Tons burthen30458⁄94 bm
Length
  • 96 ft 9+1⁄2 in (29.5 m) (gundeck)
  • 79 ft 2 in (24.1 m) (keel)
Beam26 ft 10+3⁄4 in (8.2 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 11 in (3.9 m)
Complement125
Armament
  • 14 × 6-pounder guns;
  • 2 more added ca. 1780
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