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HBMS Swallow (1732)

Page history last edited by Cy 14 years ago

Swallow, 60 Guns

Details
Nationality	British
Operated by	The Royal Navy
Ordered	1729/01/07	B057
Laid Down	1729/12/01	B057
Launched	1732/10/06	B057
Shipyard	Plymouth DY	B057
Design Class	1719 Establishment 60-Gunner (1719)
Master Shipbuilder	Peirson Lock	B057
Rate	Fourth Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1743/03/04	B057
Fate	Broken Up	B057

Dimensions
B057		Type	Metric
Length of Gundeck	144' 0"	Imperial Feet	43.89
Length of Keel	117' 0"	Imperial Feet	35.66
Breadth	39' 0"	Imperial Feet	11.89
Depth in Hold	16' 5"	Imperial Feet	5
Draught Forward	9' 3"	Imperial Feet	2.82
Draught Aft	14' 3"	Imperial Feet	4.34
Burthen	951²⁷/₉₄	Tons BM
Calculated Burthen	946⁵⁴/₉₄	Tons BM

Armament
1732/10/06	B057	Broadside Weight = 435
Lower Gun Deck	24	British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	26	British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck	8	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement
Date	Men	Notes	Source
1719	365	Design Complement

Commanders
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1732	1734	Captain	Robert Trevor	B057
1734	1737/05/02	Captain	Thomas Graves	B057
1738	1741	Captain	Thomas Waterhouse	B057
1741	1742	Captain	Miles Stapleton	B057
1742	1742	Captain	Benjamin Young	B057

Service Record
Date	Notes	Source
1733	Began fitting at Plymouth DY	B057
1733/04/28	Completed fitting at a cost of £4,018.2.2d	B057
1733/04/28	Completed at Plymouth DY at a cost of £14,103.8.8d	B057
1735	In theTagis	B057
1737	Began small repair at Plymouth DY	B057
1737/05/02	Paid off	B057
1738	Completed small repair at a cost of £1,057.8.8d	B057
1738/01/16	Renamed Princess Louisa	B057
1739/07/02	Sailed for the West Indies	B057
1739/11/21	At Porto Bello	B057
1740/03/23	At Chagres	B057
1741/03/04	Present at Operations against Cartagena
1742/07/01	Sailed with a convoy for home	B057
1742/12/07	Ordered reduced to 50 guns	B057
1742/12/23	Surveyed and ordered to be rebuilt (new ship to be built in her room)	B057
1743/03/04	Break up completed at Woolwich	B057

Fleets
Fleet Title	Commander	Date From	Date To	Source
No Fleets Listed

Actions & Battles
Date		Source
1741/03/04	Operations against Cartagena

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

Sources
Id	Link or Description	Author
B057	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield

Last Updated :2010/04/04 at 16:00:55 by Cy

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