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Thirty-one ships of the Royal Navy and its predecessors have borne the name ''Swallow'', after the bird, the Swallow: *''Mary Fortune'' was a ship launched in 1497, renamed ''Swallow'' when rebuilt in 1512. *''Swallow'' (1544) was a 53-gun ship launched in 1544, rebuilt in 1558 and 1580 and sold in 1603. *''Swallow'' (1558) was a discovery vessel listed in the Arctic in 1558 and captured by the Spanish in 1568. *''Swallow'' (1573) was an 8-gun pinnace built in 1573 and condemned in 1603. *''Swallow'' (1583) was a vessel listed in Newfoundland in 1583. *''Swallow'' (1634) was a 40-gun ship launched in 1634. She served in the Royalist Navy from 1648 and was sold in 1653. *''Swallow'' (1657) was a 6-gun ketch launched in 1657 and given to the Irish Packet Service in 1661. * was a 40-gun ship launched in 1653 as ''Gainsborough''. She was renamed HMS ''Swallow'' in 1660 and was wrecked in 1692. * was a 6-gun ketch purchased 1661, sold 1674. * was a 2-gun sloop launched in 1672 and lost in 1673. * was a 6-gun sloop launched in 1699 and captured by a French privateer in 1703. * was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1703, rebuilt in 1719 and broken up in 1728. * was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1732. She was renamed HMS ''Princess Louisa'' in 1737 and was broken up in 1742. *HMS ''Swallow'' was a ''Merlin'' class sloop launched in 1744 as HMS ''Galgo''. She was renamed HMS ''Swallow'' that year, but was wrecked at the end of 1744. * was a 14-gun ''Merlin'' class sloop launched in 1745, used for the impress service from 1762 and sold in 1769. * was a discovery vessel serving in the Pacific in 1766 and broken up in 1769. * was a 14-gun ''Swallow'' class ship sloop launched in 1769. She foundered in 1778. * was a 14-gun brig-rigged sloop launched in 1779 and driven ashore in 1781. * was a 16-gun brig-rigged sloop, previously a cutter purchased on the stocks and launched in 1781. She was sold in 1795. * was a tender in service between 1793 and 1795. * was an 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1795 and sold in 1802. * was an 18-gun ''Cruizer''-class brig-sloop launched in 1805 and broken up in 1815. * was a cutter tender launched in 1811 and lost in November 1824. * was a 10-gun brig-sloop, formerly the packet ''Marquis of Salisbury''. She was purchased in 1824 and sold in 1836. * was a wooden paddle packet, previously the General Post Office vessel ''Ferret''. She was launched in 1831, transferred to the Royal Navy in 1837 and was broken up in 1848. * was a ''Swallow'' class sloop launched in 1854 and sold in 1866. * was a ''Plover'' class gunvessel launched in 1868 and sold in 1882. * was a ''Nymphe'' class sloop launched in 1885 and sold in 1904. * was an S-class destroyer launched in 1918, handed over to the breakers in part payment for RMS ''Majestic'' in 1936, and subsequently broken up. *HMS ''Swallow'' was to have been a C-class destroyer. She was renamed HMS ''Caprice'' in 1942 and launched in 1943. *HMS ''Swallow'' was a ''Peacock'' class patrol corvette launched in 1984. She was sold to the Irish Naval Service in 1988 and renamed LÉ ''Ciara''. Two small vessels of the East India Company's naval force also bore the name ''Swallow'': *The ''Swallow'' of 1770 was a 14-gun ketch launched in 1770 at Bombay, and lost in 1776. *The ''Swallow'' of 1777 was a 14-gun packet launched in 1777 at Bombay. She was sold to the Danish in 1780, recaptured in 1782, and possibly being named ''Silly''. She was sold into mercantile service in 1784. ==See also== * *HM Revenue cutter ''Swallow'' captured the French privateer ''Petit Diable'', of six tons burthen, off Farleigh on 27 August 1796. ''Petit Diable'' had a crew of 14. ''Swallow'' brought her into Rye. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Swallow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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