HMS Swift (1741)
HMS Swift was an 8-gun snow-rigged sloop of the Royal Navy, the last of three Drake class sloops constructed during the Anglo-Spanish War of Jenkins' Ear. Launched in 1741, her principal service was as convoy escort and patrol off North Carolina and in the North Sea. She was lost at sea on 31 October 1756.
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HMS Swift (1741)
HMS Swift was an 8-gun snow-rigged sloop of the Royal Navy, the last of three Drake class sloops constructed during the Anglo-Spanish War of Jenkins' Ear. Launched in 1741, her principal service was as convoy escort and patrol off North Carolina and in the North Sea. She was lost at sea on 31 October 1756.
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HMS Swift was an 8-gun snow-ri ...... ost at sea on 31 October 1756.
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1756-10-31
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1741-07-10
laying down
1741-01-26
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1740-12-06
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ship launched
1741-05-30
status
Lost at sea
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*8 × 4pdrs
*12 × 1/2 pdr swivels
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Snow-rigged sloop
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HMS Swift was an 8-gun snow-ri ...... ost at sea on 31 October 1756.
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HMS Swift (1741)
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HMS Swift
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