:::: Napoleonic Ships & American War of Independence - GREAT BRITAIN
Swan x 2 Ship Sloop pf 1766
Code - NPB21
£3.50
Class - 14
Description - H.M.S. SWAN x 2 - SHIP SLOOP OF 1766
14 Gun Sloop launched in 1767. Converted to a fire
ship in 1779, under the name Explosion, and converted
back to a sloop in 1783. Finally sold in 1814.
Tonnage 300 tons
Dimensions 96 ½ ‘ x 26 ¾ ‘ x 13’
Armament 14 x 6 pdr (2 more added later)
14 Swivels
Sisters:- Kingsfisher, Cygnet, Atalanta, Pegasus, Fly, Fortune,
Swift, Vulture, Hound, Spry, Hornet, Cormorant, Dispatch,
Zebra, Cameleon, Nymph, Svage, Fairy, Fury, Thorn, Delight,
Bonetta, Shark & Alligator.
