Name HMS Swiftsure Laid down 26 January 1747 In service 1755-1763 Launched 25 May 1750 Beam 14 m | Ordered 31 August 1745 Commissioned 27 July 1750 Construction started 26 January 1747 Length 49 m | |
Builder John Hollond, Deptford Dockyard | ||
HMS Swiftsure was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1755 and in active service during the Seven Years' War. After a distinguished career at sea she was decommissioned in 1763 and sold into private hands ten years later.
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Construction
Swiftsure was built at Deptford Dockyard to the specifications of the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 25 May 1750.
Naval service
Swiftsure was commissioned into the Royal Navy in August 1755, under Captain Augustus Keppel. In 1756 her command was transferred to Captain Matthew Buckle, and she was assigned first to the fleet under Admiral Henry Osborn, and then to that of Edward Boscawen. In company with HMS Monmouth she engaged and captured the French ship of the line Le Foudroyant in 1758. In 1759 she was again with Admiral Boscawen at Lagos, and at Quiberon Bay later that year, and at the capture of Belle Île in 1761.
She was sold on 2 June 1773.