Gulliver's first ship was called the Swallow, and he worked as the ship's doctor under Captain Abraham Pannell. When he returned to London, he purchased a small house and got married. Then he says that he determined again to go to sea and served as the doctor on two more ships, but he doesn't name either of these. He spent about six years on various voyages between these two ships. After this, he tried to return home and set up a medical practice, but, after three years, it became obvious that it wasn't working out. So, he took an offer from the commander of the Antelope. This is the ship that wrecks and from which Gulliver swims to arrive in Lilliput. Gulliver doesn't say the name of the ship that carries him to Brobdingnag.
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