HMS Swift (1741)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Swift
Ordered	6 December 1740
Builder	Robert Carter, Limehouse
Laid down	26 January 1741
Launched	30 May 1741
Completed	10 July 1741 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned	May 1741
Out of service	31 October 1756
Fate	Lost at sea
General characteristics
Class and type	8-gun Drake-class snow-rigged sloop
Tons burthen	203 47⁄94 (bm)
Length	85 ft 0 in (25.9 m) (gundeck) 68 ft 8.25 in (20.9 m) (keel)
Beam	23 ft 7.25 in (7.2 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 6.5 in (2.9 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	Snow-rigged sloop
Complement	80
Armament	8 × 4-pdrs (10 × 4-pdrs from 1744) 12 × 1⁄2-pdr swivels

HMS Swift was an 8-gun snow-rigged sloop of the Royal Navy, the last of three Drake class sloops constructed during the Anglo-Spanish War of Jenkins' Ear. Launched in 1741, her principal service was as convoy escort and patrol off North Carolina and in the North Sea. She was lost at sea on 31 October 1756.