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Swan Class Ship Sloop
The ''Swan'' class were built as a 14-gun class of ship sloops for the Royal Navy, although an extra two guns were added soon after completion. Design The class was designed by the Surveyor of the Navy, John Williams John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (15 November 2022)Classic Connection review ''WBOI'' ("For the second time this year, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic honored American composer, conductor, and arranger John Williams, who wa ..., and two vessels to this design ( ''Swan'' and ''Kingfisher'') were ordered in January 1766. Twenty-three more were ordered to the same design between 1773 and 1779; they formed the 'standard' ship sloop design of the British Navy during the American Revolutionary War, during which eleven of them were lost. Surviving vessels went on to serve during the French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic War. The design provided for 16 gunports (8 per side, excluding the bridle-ports) but one pair was initially left unoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ship Sloop
In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' encompassed all the unrated combat vessels, including the very small gun-brigs and cutters. In technical terms, even the more specialised bomb vessels and fireships were classed as sloops-of-war, and in practice these were employed in the sloop role when not carrying out their specialised functions. In World War I and World War II, the Royal Navy reused the term "sloop" for specialised convoy-defence vessels, including the of World War I and the highly successful of World War II, with anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capability. They performed similar duties to the American destroyer escort class ships, and also performed similar duties to the smaller corvettes of the Royal Navy. Rigging A sloop-of-war was quite different from a civilian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Dispatch (1777)
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Dispatch'', or the variant HMS ''Despatch'': * was a 2-gun brigantine launched in 1691 and sold in 1712. * was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1745 and sold in 1763. * was a 14-gun sloop that foundered in a hurricane in 1772. She may have been salved and sold in 1773. * was an 8-gun sloop captured in 1776 by the American privateer .Hepper (1994), pp. 49-50. * HMS ''Despatch'' was a transport purchased in 1774 as the 6-gun armed ship . She was renamed HMS ''Despatch'' in 1777 and sold in 1783. * was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1777. She capsized in 1778. * was an 8-gun schooner purchased in 1780 and sold in 1795. * HMS ''Dispatch'' was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1779 as . She was renamed HMS ''Navy Transport'' in 1782, HMS ''Dispatch'' in 1783 and was sold in 1798. * was a sloop captured from the French in 1790 and sold in 1801. * was a 16-gun launched in 1795 and never commissioned but instead sold to the Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Delight (1778)
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Delight'': * was a discovery vessel wrecked in 1583 off Sable Island. She may not have been part of the Royal Navy, and was possibly part of Sir Humphrey Gilbert's 1583 expedition to Newfoundland. * was a four-gun hoy purchased in 1686 and sold in 1713. * was a 14-gun sixth-rate launched in 1709 and sold in 1712. * was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1778 and foundered in 1781. * HMS ''Delight'' (1801) was an 18-gun sloop, formerly the French corvette ''Sans Pareille''. She was captured in 1801 by and sold in 1805. * was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1806 and captured by the French in 1808 when she became stranded off Calabria. * HMS ''Delight'' was a 16-gun brig, formerly the French brig ''Friedland'', name vessel of her class of six brigs. captured her in 1808; ''Delight'' was paid off in 1810 and sold in 1814. * was a 10-gun brig-sloop of the launched in 1819 and wrecked in 1824 with the loss of her entire c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Fury (1779)
HMS ''Fury'' was a ''Swan'' class ship sloop of the Royal Navy and was launched in March 1779. She performed mainly anti-privateering duties during the American War of Independence, both in the English Channel and later the Caribbean Sea. She had a short service life, being paid off after less than 5 years service and broken up 3 years after that, but did have notable commanders. Design Between 1766 and 1780 the Admiralty had 25 vessels of her class built to a design by Sir John Williams. She is notable for being the first only Royal Navy warship constructed in both Leith and Scotland during the 18th century. Her builders, John Sime & Son, had never built a warship and had no dock big enough so a new yard was laid out at the Sandport. The site lies opposite the Shore on the west bank of the Water of Leith and was reclaimed for the building of Leith Custom House in 1812. In February 1779, the Admiralty ordered her to be fitted out for service in the English Channel, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Savage (1778)
The Capture of HMS ''Savage'' was a naval battle of the American Revolutionary War involving the American privateer ''Congress'' and the British sloop-of-war HMS ''Savage''. It occurred in September 1781 off South Carolina and is considered one of the hardest-fought single ship actions of the war. Capture By 1781 the smaller British vessels blockading Chesapeake Bay were raiding the American coast by means of boat expeditions. One commander involved in the operations was Captain Charles Stirling of the sloop ''Savage'', armed with sixteen 6-pounders. Stirling was noted for having plundered Mount Vernon, the Virginia estate of General George Washington, who was commander in chief of the Continental Army and later the first American president. Shortly after the raid of Mount Vernon, Captain Stirling sailed his ship south. In the early morning of September 6, ''Savage'' was escorting a convoy when she encountered the sloop-of-war ''Congress'' ten leagues from Charleston. Stirlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Nymph (1778)
HMS ''Nymph'' was a 14-gun ''Swan''-class sloop of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll Israel Pownoll (c.1710–1779) was an English shipbuilder for the Royal Navy. History In 1741, he was Foreman and Master Mastmaker of Deptford Dockyard. In March 1743 he was appointed Master Caulker. In 1752 he moved to Portsmouth Dockyard ... and launched at Chatham Dockyard on 27 May 1778. She was accidentally burnt and sank in the British Virgin Islands in 1783. Construction and commissioning ''Nymph'' was ordered from Chatham Dockyard on 8 January 1777 and laid down there in April that year under master shipwright Israel Pownoll. She was launched on 27 May 1778 and completed by 27 July 1778. She cost a total of £8,640.13.4d to build, including money spent on fitting and copper sheathing, coppering her. She was later fitted to carry 16 6 pounder guns by British Admiralty, Admiralty orders of 1779 and 1780. Career ''Nymph'' was commissioned in May 1778 under Commander Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Fairy (1778)
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Fairy'': * , a 16-gun Swan-class ship sloop, built in 1778 at Sheerness, and broken up in 1811. * , an 18-gun , built in 1812 at Bideford and broken up in 1821. * , a 10-gun , built in 1826 at Chatham, and lost in 1840. * , a built by Fairfields of Glasgow, launched on 29 May 1897, which foundered on 31 May 1918 after ramming and sinking the German U-boat . * , an built by Associated Shipbuilders, Seattle, launched on 5 April 1943, and loaned to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease. Commissioned on 24 March 1944, she was returned to the United States Navy on 13 December 1946. Also * , an iron-hulled steam screw yacht which acted as tender to the Royal Yacht A royal yacht is a ship used by a monarch or a royal family. If the monarch is an emperor the proper term is imperial yacht. Most of them are financed by the government of the country of which the monarch is head. The royal yacht is most often ... . Built in 1844, ''Fai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Cameleon (1777)
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Chameleon'', or the archaic variants HMS ''Cameleon'' or HMS ''Camelion'', after the Chameleon: * was a 14-gun sloop A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ... launched in 1777. She foundered in 1780. * was a 16-gun brig-sloop, formerly the civilian ship ''Hawke''. She was purchased in 1780 and sold in 1783. * was an 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1795, laid up in 1805, and broken up in 1811. * was a 10-gun launched in 1816 and sold in 1849. * was a screw sloop launched in 1860 and sold in 1883. * was an launched in 1910 and sold for scrapping in 1921. * was an launched in 1944 and broken up in 1966. Sources References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cameleon, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Zebra (1777)
HMS ''Zebra'' was the first ship to bear the name in the British Navy. She was a 14 gun ship sloop of the ''Swan'' class, launched on 8 April 1777. She was abandoned and blown up after going aground on 22 October 1778 at Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, during the American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of ... after only one year in service. References * *Winfield, Rif, ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates''. Seaforth Publishing, 2007. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Zebra (1777) Sloops of the Royal Navy Shipwrecks of the New Jersey coast 1777 ships Maritime incidents in 1778 Swan-class ship-sloops ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Cormorant (1776)
Eleven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Cormorant'', after the seabird, the cormorant: * was a 16-gun fireship, previously the French ''Marchault''. She was captured in 1757 and sold in 1762. * was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1776. She may have been at the Siege of Pondicherry (1778). The French captured her in 1781 off Charleston, South Carolina and took her into service as ''Cormoran''. She apparently accompanied Admiral de Grasse's fleet to the Chesapeake, however, her subsequent fate is unknown. * was a 12-gun brig-sloop, previously the American ''Rattlesnake''. She was captured in 1781, renamed HMS ''Rattlesnake'' in 1783, and sold in 1786. * was an 18-gun ship-sloop launched in 1794 and destroyed by an accidental explosion in 1796. * HMS ''Cormorant'' was a 20-gun sixth rate, launched in 1795, previously the name ship for the of French corvettes. She was captured in 1796 and wrecked in 1800. * was a 16-gun sloop, formerly the civi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Spy (1776)
At least three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Spy'': * was a ''Bonetta''-class sloop launched at Rotherhithe in 1756. * was launched at Topsham in 1800 as the mercantile vessel ''Comet''. The Royal Navy purchased and renamed her in 1804. * was a brigantine launched at Sheerness in 1841. See also * ''Spy'' (ship) {{DEFAULTSORT:Spy, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Vulture (1776)
HMS ''Vulture'' was a 14 to 16-gun ship sloop of the ''Swan'' class, launched for the Royal Navy on 18 March 1776. She served during both the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary War, before the Navy sold her in 1802. ''Vulture'' is perhaps best known for being the warship to which Benedict Arnold fled on the Hudson River in 1780 after unsuccessfully trying to betray the Continental Army's fortress at West Point, New York to the British. Career ''Vulture'' was commissioned in April 1776 under Commander James Featios. She then sailed for North America on 9 September. On 5 May 1779, ''Vulture'' and shared in the proceeds of the capture of ''General Gates''. ''General Gates'' was a Massachusetts privateer brig or schooner of eight guns and 40 men, under the command of Captain William Carleton. ''Hope'' took ''General Gates'' into Halifax where she was condemned and sold. On 29 May 1779, ''Vulture'' was part of Admiral George Collier's small flotilla that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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