Talk:HMS Swiftsure (1804)

Receiving ship
What is a "receiving ship?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.194.138 (talk) 06:03, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Launch date
It appears that she was was launched in late June or early July. Jackson's Oxford Journal of 7 July 1804 states "The Swiftsure, of 74 guns, which has for some time been building at Bucklershard, near Portsmouth, was last week launched, and is to be prepared withouth delay at Portsmouth." Mjroots (talk) 05:54, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * The Morning Post of 11 July states that she was launched on 8 July. Mjroots (talk) 06:02, 31 August 2022 (UTC)