HMS Swiftsure (1673)

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Career (Great Britain)

Name:	HMS Swiftsure
Builder:	Deane, Harwich
Launched:	1673
Renamed:	HMS Revenge, 1718
Honours and awards:	Participated in: Battle of Barfleur Battle of La Hogue
Fate:	Sold, 1787
General characteristics as built^[1]
Class and type:	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	978 tons (993.7 tonnes)
Length:	123 ft (37 m) (keel)
Beam:	38 ft 8 in (11.8 m)
Depth of hold:	15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1696 rebuild^[2]
Class and type:	66-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	987 tons (1002.8 tonnes)
Length:	148 ft (45 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	39 ft (12 m)
Depth of hold:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	66 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1718 rebuild^[3]
Class and type:	1706 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1104 tons (1121.7 tonnes)
Length:	150 ft (46 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	41 ft (12 m)
Depth of hold:	17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	70 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs
General characteristics after 1742 rebuild^[4]
Class and type:	1733 proposals 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1258 tons (1278.2 tonnes)
Length:	151 ft (46 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	43 ft 5 in (13.2 m)
Depth of hold:	17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	70 guns of various weights of shot

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Swiftsure and HMS Revenge.

HMS Swiftsure was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Sir Anthony Deane at Harwich, and launched in 1673. By 1685 she had been reduced to a 66-gun ship.

In 1692 she saw action at the Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue.

She was rebuilt by Snelgrove of Deptford in 1696 as a 66-gun third rate. She underwent a second rebuild at Woolwich Dockyard, relaunching on 20 November 1718 as a 70-gun third rate of the 1706 Establishment. She was renamed HMS Revenge at this time. On 25 February 1740 Revenge was ordered to be taken to pieces at Deptford, and to be rebuilt as a 70-gun third rate to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 23 May 1742.