HMS Swan (1811)

HMS Swan was an 18-gun Swan-class ship sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1811. She was built at Plymouth Dockyard and served during the later years of the Napoleonic Wars and the subsequent peace. As a Swan-class sloop, she was designed for patrol and convoy escort duties. Specific details of her service history are scarce, but ships of her class were commonly deployed to various theatres of operation to protect British interests and trade routes. Sources indicate she was still in service, although perhaps in a reduced capacity, through the 1820s. Further information about her specific actions and ultimate fate requires more detailed historical research.