HMS Cygnet (1776)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cygnet.

Cygnet
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Cygnet
Ordered	15 April 1773
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	November 1773
Launched	24 January 1776
Commissioned	December 1775
Fate	Sold August 1802
General characteristics
Class and type	Swan-class ship-sloop
Tons burthen	301 50⁄94 bm
Length	96 ft 7 in (29.4 m) (gundeck) 78 ft 8.75 in (24.0 m) (keel)
Beam	26 ft 10 in (8.2 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 10 in (3.91 m)
Complement	125
Armament	14 × 6-pounder guns; 2 more added ca. 1780

HMS Cygnet was a 14-gun ship-sloop of the Royal Navy's Swan class, launched on 24 January 1776. She served during both the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary War before being sold for disposal in 1802.

References

• 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.
• Winfield, Rif, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.