HMS Swan (1811)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Swan
Ordered21 January 1811
BuilderThomas Gely, Cowes
Laid downJune 1811
Launched1 November 1811
FateWrecked 6 October 1812
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeNimble-class cutter
Tons burthen144 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:63 ft 5 in (19.3 m)
  • Keel:49 ft 4+12 in (15.0 m)
Beam23 ft 5 in (7.1 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 2 in (3.1 m)
Complement50
Armament10 × 12-pounder carronades

HMS Swan was one of a two-vessel class of cutters built at Cowes for the Royal Navy in 1811. She had an unexceptional wartime career. After the war she served in fishery protection, and half of her entire career as a floating chapel for seamen. She was broken up in 1874.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 363.