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HMS Explosion (1779)
HMS ''Swan'' was launched on 21 November 1767 at Plymouth as the lead ship of the 24 ships in the 14-gun ''Swan''-class of ship-sloops built in the 1760s and 1770s. She served during the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary War. She bore the name HMS ''Explosion'' between 1779 and 1783; at the time she was classed as a fireship. She was laid up in 1801 and finally sold in 1814. ''Swan'' then became a whaler in the Whaling in the United Kingdom#The northern whale fishery, northern whale fishery, sailing out of Kingston-on-Hull. She also made one voyage to the Whaling in the United Kingdom#The southern whale fishery, southern whale fishery (1819–1821) and one merchant voyage to Brazil and Hamburg, before returning to the northern whale fishery. She was ship breaking, broken up circa. 1841. Royal Navy December, 1774 under command of Capt. James Ayscough serving in British North America. ''Swan'' took ''Europe'' and sent her to Cowes around 17 July 1793. Whal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plymouth Dockyard
His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport (HMNB Devonport) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Portsmouth) and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy. The largest naval base in Western Europe, HMNB Devonport is located in Devonport, in the west of the city of Plymouth, England. The base began as Royal Navy Dockyard in the late 17th century, but shipbuilding ceased at Devonport in the early 1970s, although ship maintenance work has continued. The now privatised maintenance facilities are operated by Babcock International Group, who took over the previous owner Devonport Management Limited (DML) in 2007. DML had been running the Dockyard since privatisation in 1987. From 1934 until the early 21st century the naval barracks on the site was named HMS ''Drake'' (it had previously been known as HMS ''Vivid'' after the base ship of the same name). The name HMS ''Drake'' and its c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
