HMS Swinger (1872)

	The launch of HMS Swinger
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Swinger
Ordered	1871
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Cost	Hull £10,600, machinery £3,900
Launched	7 February 1872
Fate	Hulked in 1895. Sold in June 1924
General characteristics
Class & type	Ariel-class gunboat
Displacement	430 tons
Tons burthen	295 bm
Length	125 ft 0 in (38.10 m)
Beam	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Draught	10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) max
Installed power	461 ihp (344 kW); 60 nominal horsepower;
Propulsion	2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine; Two boilers; Single (hoisting) screw;
Sail plan	Three-masted barquentine rig
Speed	9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph)
Armament	2 × 6-inch (150 mm) 64-pounder (56 cwt) muzzle-loading rifles; 2 × 4-inch (100 mm) 20-pounder Armstrong breech loaders;

HMS Swinger was an Ariel-class composite gunboat of the Royal Navy, built at Pembroke Dockyard and launched on 7 February 1872. She served at first on the China Station and from 1883 on the Australia Station. She was hulked in 1895 sold for breaking in 1924.

History
The launch of HMS Swinger
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Swinger
Ordered	1871
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Cost	Hull £10,600, machinery £3,900
Launched	7 February 1872
Fate	Hulked in 1895. Sold in June 1924
General characteristics
Class & type	Ariel-class gunboat
Displacement	430 tons
Tons burthen	295 bm
Length	125 ft 0 in (38.10 m)
Beam	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Draught	10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) max
Installed power	461 ihp (344 kW) 60 nominal horsepower
Propulsion	2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine Two boilers Single (hoisting) screw
Sail plan	Three-masted barquentine rig
Speed	9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph)
Armament	2 × 6-inch (150 mm) 64-pounder (56 cwt) muzzle-loading rifles 2 × 4-inch (100 mm) 20-pounder Armstrong breech loaders