HMS Cygnet (1776)

History


Class and type:	Swan class ship sloop
Name:	HMS Cygnet
Ordered:	15 April 1773
Builder:	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down:	November 1773
Launched:	24 January 1776
Commissioned:	December 1775
Fate:	Sold August 1802
General characteristics
Tons burthen:	301 ⁵⁰⁄₉₄ bm
Length:	96 ft 7 in (29.4 m) (gundeck) 78 ft 8.75 in (24.0 m) (keel)
Beam:	26 ft 10 in (8.2 m)
Depth of hold:	12 ft 10 in (3.91 m)
Complement:	125
Armament:	14 × 6-pounder guns; 2 more added ca. 1780

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Cygnet.

HMS Cygnet was a 14 gun ship sloop of the 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

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. OCLC 67375475.
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.

Coordinates: 39°34′41″N 74°18′00″W / 39.578°N 74.300°W / 39.578; -74.300

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