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HMS Cygnet (1776)

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Cygnet
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Cygnet
Ordered15 April 1773
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Laid downNovember 1773
Launched24 January 1776
CommissionedDecember 1775
FateSold August 1802
General characteristics
Class and typeSwan-class ship-sloop
Tons burthen301 5094 bm
Length
  • 96 ft 7 in (29.4 m) (gundeck)
  • 78 ft 8.75 in (24.0 m) (keel)
Beam26 ft 10 in (8.2 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 10 in (3.91 m)
Complement125
Armament
  • 14 × 6-pounder guns;
  • 2 more added ca. 1780

HMS Cygnet was a 14-gun ship-sloop of the Royal Navy's Swan class, launched on 24 January 1776. She served during both the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary War before being sold for disposal in 1802.

References

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  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • Winfield, Rif, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.