Ship Type

Sloop

Parent Type: Sailing Warships

Explore sloops in Royal Navy history.

Sloops served the Royal Navy in a wide range of roles

Classes in this Type Tree

Other / Unspecified (1)

Fantome-class sloop

WWII (1)

Black Swan-class sloop – 37 built

Ships in this Type Tree

Decommissioned (18)

HMS Swan (1767) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Adventure (1771) – Ship-rigged sloop
HMS Resolution (1771) – Ship-rigged sloop
HMS Atalanta (1775) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Cygnet (1776) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Hornet (1776) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Hound (1776) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Vulture (1776) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Childers (1778) – Brig-sloop
HMS Fairy (1778) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Savage (1778) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Bonetta (1779) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Fury (1779) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Thorn (1779) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Providence (1791) – Ship-rigged sloop
HMS Investigator (1801) – Ship-rigged sloop
HMS Fly (1813) – Cherokee-class brig-sloop
HMS Daring (1874) – Fantome-class sloop

Lost (16)

HMS Endeavour (1764) – Ship-rigged sloop
HMS Kingfisher (1770) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Cormorant (1776) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Fly (1776) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Pegasus (1776) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Spy (1776) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Cameleon (1777) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Dispatch (1777) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Swift (1777) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Zebra (1777) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Delight (1778) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Fortune (1778) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Nymph (1778) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Shark (1779) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Alligator (1780) – Swan-class ship-sloop
HMS Speedy (1782) – Brig-sloop