HMS Swiftsure (1750)

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Swiftsure
History
Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameHMS Swiftsure
Ordered31 August 1745
BuilderJohn Hollond, Deptford Dockyard
Laid down26 January 1747
Launched25 May 1750
Commissioned27 July 1750
In service1755–1763
Out of service1763–1773
FateSold, 2 June 1773
General characteristics [1]
Class and type 1745 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen142642⁄94(bm)
Length
  • 160 ft (48.8 m) (gundeck)
  • 131 ft 4 in (40.0 m) (keel)
Beam45 ft 2 in (13.8 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Complement520
Armament
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs
Battle of Cartagena, where Swiftsure was in action against Le Foudroyant Battle of cartagena rowley.jpg
Battle of Cartagena, where Swiftsure was in action against Le Foudroyant

HMS Swiftsure was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1755 and in active service during the Seven Years' War. After a distinguished career at sea she was decommissioned in 1763 and sold into private hands ten years later.

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Construction

Swiftsure was built at Deptford Dockyard to the specifications of the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 25 May 1750. [1]

Swiftsure was commissioned into the Royal Navy in August 1755, under Captain Augustus Keppel. In 1756 her command was transferred to Captain Matthew Buckle, and she was assigned first to the fleet under Admiral Henry Osborn, and then to that of Edward Boscawen. In company with HMS Monmouth she engaged and captured the French ship of the line Le Foudroyant in 1758, and towed her to join the fleet of Admiral Osborn at Cartagena. [2]

In 1759 she was again with Admiral Boscawen at Lagos, and at Quiberon Bay later that year, and at the capture of Belle Île in 1761. [3]

She was sold on 2 June 1773. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p173.
  2. ↑ Famous Fighters of the Fleet, Edward Fraser, 1904 p.33
  3. 1 2 Winfield 2007, p. 54

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