HMS Swift

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Swift, 1804
Type: Sloop ; Armament 18
Purchased : Jun 1804 ;
Disposal date or year : 3 Nov 1814
Notes:

Circa 18 Aug 1804 Capt Wright, apptd to the Swift.

18 Dec 1804 arrived Spithead the Swift, Capt Wright, from the Downs.

24 Dec 1804 departed Spithead the Unicorn frigate and Swift sloop with a large convoy for the West Indies.

May 1805 Jamaica Station.

13 Aug 1805 boats' crews capture the Spanish garda-costa Caridad-Perfecta.

Portsmouth 31 Jan 1811 arrived from Woolwich.

Portsmouth 15 Feb 1811 departed for Gibraltar and Malta.

Torbay 23 Feb 1811 arrived last evening with a convoy of transports.

Portsmouth 14 Jul 1811 arrived from the Mediterranean and put under quarantine.

Deal 17 Sep 1811 Passed through the Downs, from the Nore, for Portsmouth.

Cowes and Yarmouth roads 20 Nov 1811 departed with the convoys for the Mediterranean, Lisbon, and Halifax, long detained by foul winds.

Portsmouth 31 Jul 1813 arrived with convoy for the Downs.

Portsmouth 25 Aug 1813 departed with the outward bound convoy for Newfoundland, Quebec and Halifax.

Portsmouth 7 Sep 1813 To take convoy to Cork.