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HMS Swift was a 14-gun Swan-class ship-sloop, launched on 1 January 1777. She was commissioned that month under Lieutenant George Keppel and sailed for North America on 27 March. Command later passed to Thomas Lennox Frederick, who captained her in operations on the Delaware River. On 22 November 1778, she sank an American privateer, Rattlesnake, off Cape Henry. During the action Swift grounded and she was burnt by her crew to prevent her from falling into enemy hands.[1]
References
1. ^Winfield p.282
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Winfield, Rif, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, 2007. {{ISBN|978-1-84415-700-6}}.