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Swift, 1800
Type: Cutter ; Armament 8 x 4-pounders
Hired : 1800 ; Disposal date or year : 1804
BM: 77 tons
Complement: 23 men and boys,
Notes:

24 Feb 1797 captured the French privateer Aventure near the South Foreland.

5 Jul 1799, Plymouth, sailed on a cruise.

15 Aug 1799, Plymouth, arrived with the loss of her topmast, rudder, and bowsprit, in the gale of last night

30 Dec 1799, Plymouth, arrived the Swift cutter, Lt. Sanders, from off Brest. By her, accounts are brought, that between the Saints and Penmarks they hooked up a few days since several pieces of floating wreck ; one piece a gun carriage marked Ethalion, 24 pounder, and a writing desk : but whether the Ethalion, 38 guns, Captain Searle, is lost on the Saints, or in distress had thrown any guns overboard, still remains in a state of incertitude.

2 Apr 1800, Plymouth, arrived from a cruise.

3 Apr 1804 captured by the French xebec-privateer Espérance.