British sloop 'Swan' (1767)

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Swan ➡ 1779 Explosion ➡ 1783 Swan

7000
Nominal Guns14BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered18.1.1766BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down6.1766BWAS-1714
Launched21.11.1767BWAS-1714
First Commissioned23.2.1768BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardPlymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
Ship ClassSwan Class (1766)BWAS-1714
Designed by
John WilliamsBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1762-1784
BWAS-1714
Constructor
Israel PownollBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1741-1779
BWAS-1714
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1714
Ship TypeSloopBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Sold1.9.1814BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck96' 5"Imperial Feet29.282 
Length of Keel78' 10"Imperial Feet23.7744 
Breadth26' 9"Imperial Feet7.9629 
Depth in Hold12' 9"Imperial Feet3.7719 
Draught Forward7' 8"Imperial Feet2.3368 
Draught Aft9' 11"Imperial Feet2.7686 
Burthen300 4⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


21.11.1767Broadside Weight = 42 Imperial Pound ( 19.047 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck14 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
8.5.1766125Design Complement

19 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
23.2.1768 - 10.1.1771Commander
Thomas WilkinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1763
ADM 6/20/196BWAS-171410.1.1771 - 1.10.1778Commander
James AyscoughBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1778
ADM 6/20/334BWAS-171417.2.1778 - 1.10.1778Commander
Thomas TottyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1775-1783
ADM 6/22/138
Issued by
Lord Richard Howe (4th Viscount Howe)British
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1736-1799
, North America
Confirmed 30.5.1780ADM 6/221.10.1778 - 12.2.1781Commander
William YeoBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1783
Transfered ADM 6/22/31
Issued by
James GambierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1800
, North America
Confirmed 30.9.1779BWAS-171419.6.1783 - 14.7.1784Commander
Edward Seymour BaileyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1774-1809
ADM 6/23/87BWAS-171414.7.1784 - 1785Commander
Lauchlan HunterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1808
ADM 6/23/231BWAS-171421.5.1790 - 4.8.1790Commander
Richard WillisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1808
ADM 6/24/32BWAS-17144.8.1790 - 5.8.1790Commander
William McGuireBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1840
ADM 6/24/58ADM 6/245.8.1790 - 22.11.1790Commander
Henry WarreBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1810
ADM 6/24/58ADM 6/2422.11.1790 - 9.5.1793Commander
John ElphinstoneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1774-1801
Transfered ADM 6/24/88ADM 6/246.7.1792 - 13.4.1794Commander
Lawrence William HalsteadBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1837
Transfered ADM 6/24/250
Issued by
The Hon. William CornwallisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1755-1807

Confirmed 26.6.1793ADM 6/2425.5.1793 - 28.10.1793Commander
George BurdonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1770-1814
ADM 6/24/242BWAS-171428.10.1793 - 1793Commander
Love ConstableBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1793
ADM 6/24/278ADM 6/2421.2.1794 - 2.1795Commander
Hugh PigotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1795
ADM 6/25/14BWAS-17142.1795 - 1.1797Commander
Thomas PearseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1797
BWAS-17141.1797 - 8.1797Commander
William StapBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1797
BWAS-17148.1797 - 12.1800Commander
Henry CarewBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1804
BWAS-171412.1800 - 2.1801Commander
George MundyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1830
BWAS-171410.2.1801 - 3.1801Commander
Samuel PymBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1815
BWAS-1714

11 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
24.1.1769 - 1769Lieutenant
Loftus LaforeyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1762
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/20/225ADM 6/2029.7.1790 - 19.12.1790Lieutenant
Charles RandleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1810
ADM 6/24/56ADM 6/2420.12.1790 - 31.3.1791Lieutenant
Joseph SpearBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1812
ADM 6/24/95ADM 6/241.4.1791 - 13.5.1793First Lieutenant
Joseph SpearBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1812
Transfered ADM 6/24/115ADM 6/241.4.1791 - 12.10.1792Second Lieutenant
Odairne Morgan LaneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1792
ADM 6/24/115ADM 6/2413.10.1792 - 25.10.1793Second Lieutenant
Thomas BakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1837
ADM 6/24/238
Issued by
The Hon. William CornwallisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1755-1807
, East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 14.5.1793ADM 6/2429.8.1793 - 8.9.1793First Lieutenant
Edward LedgerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1794
Transfered ADM 6/24/264ADM 6/2426.10.1793 - 20.12.1793First Lieutenant
Thomas BakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1837
Transfered ADM 6/24/278ADM 6/241.11.1793 - 5.12.1793Second Lieutenant
William McPherson RiceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1793
ADM 6/24/279ADM 6/246.12.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant
William McPherson RiceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1793
ADM 6/24/289ADM 6/246.12.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant
Valens ComynBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1802
ADM 6/24/289ADM 6/24

Service History


DateEventSource
6.1766Began building at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
21.11.1767Completed building at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £5984.16.4dBWAS-1714
21.11.1767Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
14.4.1768Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £1227.10.2dBWAS-1714
30.4.1768Sailed for NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
17.3.1769Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1770Off the Isle of ArranBWAS-1714
18.6.1771Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
6.12.1774Sailed from New York bound for BostonNDARI
19.12.1774Arrived in BostonNDARI
2.7.1776Staten Island Landings
10.1779Refitted as a 8 gun Unrated Fireship
10.1779Renamed ExplosionBWAS-1714
10.1779great repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
3.1782Recommissioned as tender to
Lennox (74) 1758-1789
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
BWAS-1714
12.1782Paid offBWAS-1714
12.1782Began fitting at UnknownBWAS-1714
6.1783RecommissionedBWAS-1714
6.1783Refitted as a 14 gun Unrated Unknown
6.1783Renamed SwanBWAS-1714
9.1783Completed fitting at a cost of £8584.18.10dBWAS-1714
6.11.1783Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
7.1789Began great repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
1790Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
5.1790RecommissionedBWAS-1714
8.1790Completed great repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £6301.0.0dBWAS-1714
8.1790Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £1076.0.0dBWAS-1714
25.9.1791Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1714
8.3.1794Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
1.2.1795Took the Privateer
La Société (Unknown) 1795-1795
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

1796In the North SeaBWAS-1714
12.8.1797Took the Sloop
Goede Verwagting (8) 1797-1797
Dutch 8 Gun
Privateer Sloop
at 9 P. M. the Fly bearing S.W. 6 leagues.BG
1798Sailed to the West Indies and backBWAS-1714
6.11.1798Sailed for HalifaxBWAS-1714
3.1801Laid up at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
1.9.1814Sold at Portsmouth for £800BWAS-1714


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
1.1.1775-1.1.1775North American Squadron on the 1st of January 1775
Samuel GravesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1783
 
 
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