HMS Cygnet (1776)

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.

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

Cygnet
History
United Kingdom
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

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.