HMS Cygnet (1776)
Appearance
Cygnet
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
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 | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass- ship-sloop |
Tons burthen | 301 50⁄94 bm |
Length |
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Beam | 26 ft 10 in (8.2 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m) |
Complement | 125 |
Armament |
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HMS Cygnet was a 14-gun ship-sloop of the Royal Navy's Template:Sclass-, 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.
- 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.