HMS Swallow

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Gainsborough was a 40-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Navy, originally built under the 1652 programme for the navy of the Commonwealth of England by Thomas Taylor at Pitch House (Wapping), and launched in 1653. She was named for the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Gainsborough in 1643.

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1653 HMS Swallow
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HMS Swallow at the Battle of Cape Lopez against pirate Black Bart (Bartholomew Roberts), by Charles Edward DixonHMS Swallow at the Battle of Cape Lopez against pirate Black Bart (Bartholomew Roberts), by Charles Edward Dixon