Thirty-nine vessels of the Royal Navy and its predecessors have borne the name Swallow,[Note 1] as has one dockyard craft, one naval vessel of the British East India Company, and at least two revenue cutters,[1] all after the bird, the Swallow:

One small vessel of the East India Company's Bombay Marine (its naval arm), also bore the name Swallow:

  • Swallow of 1770 was a 14-gun ketch launched in 1770 at Bombay, and lost in 1776.[2]

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Notes

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  1. ^ In accordance with Wikipedia naming conventions, this index does not use the prefix HMS for ships before 1660. The term "His Majesty's Ship" was introduced around 1660 and was routinely abbreviated HMS from about 1780 onwards.

Citations

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  1. ^ Colledge (2006), p.391.
  2. ^ Hackman (2001), p.343.

References

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  • 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.
  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
  • Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.