Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
HMS
Swallow engaging Black Bart's
Royal Fortune , by
Charles Dixon History Great Britain Name HMS Swallow Builder Harding, Deptford Dockyard Launched 10 February 1703 Fate Broken up, 1728 General characteristics as built[ 1] Class and type 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line Tons burthen 673 bm Length 130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck) Beam 34 ft 6 in (10.5 m) Depth of hold 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) Propulsion Sails Sail plan Full-rigged ship Armament 50 guns of various weights of shot General characteristics after 1719 rebuild[ 2] Class and type 1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the lineTons burthen 711 bm Length 130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck) Beam 35 ft (10.7 m) Depth of hold 14 ft (4.3 m) Propulsion Sails Sail plan Full-rigged ship Armament
50 guns:
Gundeck: 22 × 18-pdrs
Upper gundeck: 22 × 9-pdrs
Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pdrs
Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdrs
Colonel John Lovett in 1708 identified four men of war in this picture as the Roebuck , 42 guns, on the left, along with the Charles Galley , 36 guns, Swallow , 32 guns, and the ketch Aldborough , 24 guns, on the right; all were ships which attended on the construction of the Eddystone lighthouse , those beyond bear the flags of the countries who contributed financially to the project. Plymouth Harbour is in the background HMS Swallow was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 10 February 1703.[ 1]
Swallow was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Chatham Dockyard , and was relaunched on 25 March 1719. Captain Chaloner Ogle commanded Swallow off the West African coast from 1721 and the following year engaged and defeated several pirate ships . Their commander Bartholomew Roberts , now a pirate was killed, and Ogle received a knighthood for his actions. Swallow continued to serve until 1728, when she was broken up.[ 2]
Notes
^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.
^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.
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