Английская Википедия:HMS Bird

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HMS Bird was an 8-gun survey sloop[1] of the Royal Navy, in service from 1764 to 1775 and engaged in an early coastal survey of Ireland.

The small and lightly-armed vessel was purchased on the stocks in May 1764 from shipwright Henry Bird of Rotherithe.[2] As designed, BirdШаблон:'s overall length was Шаблон:Convert with a beam of Шаблон:Convert and hold depth of Шаблон:Convert. She measured 75 Шаблон:Fraction tons burthen and was armed with 8 small guns.[2]

She was fitted out at Deptford dockyard between May and August 1764 at a total cost of £664 and commissioned thereafter under Lieutenant John Cowan.[2] Launched in 1765, she spent four years conducting coastal survey work along the Irish shore, returning to Deptford for refitting in 1769.[2]

Bird was broken up at Deptford Dockyard in March 1775.[2]

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Bibliography

  1. Colledge 2010, p. 44.
  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 Winfield 2007, p. 354.