Cygnet (ship)
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Cygnet may refer to several ships :
- a ship with which George Strickland KingstonGeorge Strickland KingstonSir George Strickland Kingston arrived in South Australia on the Cygnet in 1836. He was the Deputy Surveyor to William Light, engaged to survey the new colony of South Australia.-Early life:...
arrived in South Australia in 1836 - a privateer ship captained by Charles SwanCharles SwanCharles Swan was a reluctant buccaneer, killed 1690.Captain Swan was forced into piracy by his crew in the 1680s, and proceeded to write letters to the owners of his ship Cygnet in London, begging them to intercede with James II of England for his pardon - even as he looted his way up and down the...
(?-1690) and with which William DampierWilliam DampierWilliam Dampier was an English buccaneer, sea captain, author and scientific observer...
explored the coastline of Western Australia in 1688 and 1699 - Cygnet 44, a yacht model by Caribbean Sailing Yachts
- SY Cygnet, a ship operating for Furness RailwayFurness RailwayThe Furness Railway was a railway company operating in the Furness area of Lancashire in North West England.-History:The company was established on May 23, 1844 when the Furness Railway Act was passed by Parliament...
, the name of sixteen ships of the Royal Navy