HMS Bird
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hms-bird-288-8471453
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HMS Bird
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HMS Bird was an 8-gun survey sloop 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. As designed, Bird's overall length was 58 ft 6 in (17.8 m) with a beam of 17 ft 7 in (5.4 m) and hold depth of 8 ft 1 in (2.5 m). She measured 75 20⁄94 tons burthen and was armed with 8 small guns. She was fitted out at Deptford dockyard between May
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Sloop of the Royal Navy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bird
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2022-11-26T07:30:09Z
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