British sloop 'Swallow' (1745)

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Swallow	6997
Nominal Guns	10	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	5.4.1745	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	5.1745	BWAS-1714
Named	11.12.1745	BWAS-1714
Launched	14.12.1745	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	27.12.1745	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Merlin Class	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Jacob Ackworth (d.1748/49)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Henry Bird	BWAS-1714
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Snow	BWAS-1714
Sold	20.6.1769	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck91' 10 ½"Imperial Feet27.7495
Length of Keel75' 7 ¾"Imperial Feet22.8791
Breadth26' 3 ½"Imperial Feet7.9375
Depth in Hold6' 10 ¼"Imperial Feet1.8352
Burthen278 ¹³⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

14.12.1745Broadside Weight = 33.5 Imperial Pound ( 15.1926 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck10 British 6-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck14 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

1748Broadside Weight = 45.5 Imperial Pound ( 20.6346 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck14 British 6-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck14 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1743110Design Complement
1748125 BWAS-1714

15 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
27.12.1745 - 9.10.1748CommanderJohn Rowzier (c.1714-1752) ADM 6/17/35BWAS-17149.10.1748 - 1.9.1749CommanderAndrew Cockburne (c.1709-1768) ADM 6/18/4
Issued by The Hon. Edward Boscawen (1711-1761), East Indies - Asia
Commission confirmed 23.5.1751BWAS-17141.9.1749 - 22.1.1753CommanderHenry Speke (c.1718-1760) ADM 6/18/72
Issued by The Hon. Edward Boscawen (1711-1761)
Commission confirmed 20.6.1753BWAS-171424.7.1755 - 23.8.1756CommanderHenry Angel (c.1714-1777) ADM 6/18/182BWAS-171423.8.1756 - 11.9.1758CommanderJohn Lendrick (c.1724-1780) ADM 6/18/303BWAS-171418.10.1758 - 26.12.1758CommanderHerbert Sawyer (c.1731-1798) ADM 6/18/549ADM 6/183.1.1759 - 14.4.1760CommanderFrancis Banks (c.1730-1777) ADM 6/19/19BWAS-171414.4.1760 - 27.8.1760CommanderCharles Fielding (1738-1783) ADM 6/19/158BWAS-171427.8.1760 - 3.7.1761CommanderJames Cranston (c.1733-1790) ADM 6/19/193BWAS-17143.7.1761 - 19.10.1761CommanderRobert Brice (c.1730-1805) ADM 6/19/326BWAS-17147.4.1762 - 24.5.1763CommanderJames Mackenzie (c.1715-1789): on board from 26.5.1762 ADM 6/19/396BWAS-171410.5.1765 - 20.6.1765CommanderWilliam Dickson (c.1728-1803) ADM 6/20/74ADM 6/2020.6.1765 - 2.4.1766CommanderJames Jones (d.1780) ADM 6/20/79ADM 6/201.7.1766 - 12.4.1769CommanderPhilip Carteret (1732/33-1796) ADM 6/20/126BWAS-171420.9.1793CommanderRichard Boger (d.1824) ADM 6/24/268ADM 6/24

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
7.4.1761 - 1.7.1766LieutenantJohn Ford (c.1738-1796) ADM 6/19/306ADM 6/19

Service History

DateEventSource
5.1745Began building at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey BWAS-1714
14.12.1745Completed building at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey at a cost of £2144.0.0dBWAS-1714
14.12.1745Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
12.2.1745/46Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £2080.9.3dBWAS-1714
11.1747Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1714
1748Refitted as a 14 gun Unrated Sloop BWAS-1714
22.1.1753Paid off at Deptford Dockyard ADM 6/18
12.4.1753SurveyedBWAS-1714
6.1755Began middling repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
7.1755RecommissionedBWAS-1714
11.1755Completed middling repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £3370.2.1dBWAS-1714
4.5.1757Took the Privateer Le Faucon (10)
6.1758Operations against St Malo, Cherbourg and St Cas until SeptemberBWAS-1714
5.6.1758Raid on Saint-Malo
9.1.1761Took the Privateer Le Vautour (4) BG
12.2.1761Took the Privateer Le Tigre
28.2.1761Took the Snow Le Sultan (10) off Bayonne after a chafe of 26 hours and brought into Plymouth SoundBG
24.5.1763

Paid off

ADM 51
17.8.1763SurveyedBWAS-1714
2.1766Began small repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
1.7.1766RecommissionedBWAS-1714
8.1766Completed small repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £3915.1.6dBWAS-1714
21.8.1766Sailed for the PacificBWAS-1714
3.6.1768Arrived at Batavia from BonteBWAS-1714
5.9.1768Sailed from Batavia for LondonBWAS-1714
4.1769Paid offBWAS-1714
20.6.1769Sold at Deptford for £545BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 6/18 Archive

ADM 6/20 Archive

ADM 6/24 Archive

ADM 6/19 Archive

BGOfficial, Web Site

ADM 51 Archive

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