HMS Alligator (1780)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Alligator
- Launch Year
- 1780
- Type
- Sloop
- Class
- Swan-class ship-sloop
- Rate
- Unrated
- Launched
- 1780
- Commissioned
- 1780
- Armament
- 14 guns
- Propulsion
- Sail
- Role
- Ship-sloop
- Notable for
- Swan-class service
- Fate
- Taken by the French 26 June 1782
- Status
- Lost
HMS Alligator (1780) was a Royal Navy Swan-class ship-sloop.
Service History
HMS Alligator served in the late eighteenth-century Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War or the wars that followed, carrying out escort, patrol, dispatch, and small-warship duties.
Historical Significance
HMS Alligator was part of the elegant and numerous Swan-class, which became a standard Royal Navy ship-sloop design of the period.