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| History | |
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 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Vulture |
| Ordered | 30 October 1775 |
| Builder | John and William Wells, Deptford |
| Laid down | November 1775 |
| Launched | 18 March 1776 |
| Commissioned | April 1776 |
| Fate | Sold August 1802 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 30458⁄94 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 26 ft 10+3⁄4 in (8.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 11 in (3.9 m) |
| Complement | 125 |
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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 surrender the Continental Army fort at West Point, New York to the British.