HMS Swan (1767)
HMS Swan was the lead ship in the 14-gun Swan class of ship sloops, to which design 25 vessels were built in the 1760s and 1770s; she was launched on 21 November 1767. She bore the name HMS Explosion between 1779 and 1783 whilst being used as a fireship. She served during both the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary War before being laid up in 1801; she was sold for disposal in 1814. Swan took Europe and sent her to Cowes around 17 July 1793.
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HMS Swan (1767)
HMS Swan was the lead ship in the 14-gun Swan class of ship sloops, to which design 25 vessels were built in the 1760s and 1770s; she was launched on 21 November 1767. She bore the name HMS Explosion between 1779 and 1783 whilst being used as a fireship. She served during both the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary War before being laid up in 1801; she was sold for disposal in 1814. Swan took Europe and sent her to Cowes around 17 July 1793.
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HMS Swan was the lead ship in ...... to Cowes around 17 July 1793.
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1766-01-18
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1767-11-21
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Sold September 1814
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744,475,839
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*14 × 6-pounder guns;
*2 more added ca. 1780
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HMS Swan was the lead ship in ...... to Cowes around 17 July 1793.
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HMS Swan (1767)
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HMS Swan
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