page_title: HMS Swift (1763)
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Swift (1763)
caption_attribution_description: English: SWIFT 1763 deck
context_page_description: HMS Swift was built in 1762 at the shipyard of John Greave in Limehouse, on the banks of the River Thames, and launched in 1763. It was a sloop-of-war 28 metres in length and was armed with 14 6 pounders guns and 12 pedreros of ​¹⁄₂ pound. It sank along the coast of Puerto Deseado, Argentina in 1770.
  The discovery of HMS Swift in Puerto Deseado represented the beginning of underwater archaeology in Argentina.
context_section_description: HMS Swift was built in 1762 at the shipyard of John Greave in Limehouse, on the banks of the River Thames, and launched in 1763. It was a sloop-of-war 28 metres (92 ft) in length and was armed with 14 6 pounders (2.7 kg) guns and 12 pedreros of ​¹⁄₂ pound. It sank along the coast of Puerto Deseado, Argentina in 1770.
  The discovery of HMS Swift in Puerto Deseado represented the beginning of underwater archaeology in Argentina.
caption: Swift drawn in 1763
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