HMS Swallow (1732)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Swallow.
Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS Swallow
Ordered: 7 January 1729
Builder: Devonport Dockyard
Launched: 6 October 1732
Fate: Broken up, 1742
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 951 long tons (966.3 t)
Length: 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold: 16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

60 guns:

  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Swallow was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions of the 1719 Establishment at the Yard at Plymouth Dock (now called Devonport), and launched on 6 October 1732.[1]

Swallow served until 1742, when she was broken up.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.