HMS Swallow (1795)
Drawing showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth used to build the Swallow and other ships, 1795 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Swallow |
| Namesake | Swallow |
| Ordered | 13 July 1795 |
| Builder | Perry & Hankey, Blackwall |
| Laid down | July 1795 |
| Launched | 10 September 1795 |
| Fate | Sold August 1802 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Swallow |
| Owner | Metcalf |
| Acquired | 1802 by purchase |
| Fate | No longer listed in the Register of Shipping after 1810 |
| Notes | Fir-built |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Albatross-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 369 52⁄94, or 390 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 30 ft 8 in (9.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
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HMS Swallow was an 18-gun Albatross-class brig-sloop of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1795 and sold in 1802. During her naval career she captured a number of French privateers while on the Jamaica station. After her sale she became an armed whaler sailing under a letter of marque. As a privateer she captured two French whaling vessels but then is no longer listed after 1810.