Majesty's hired armed cutter King George. Some of these may have been the same vessel on repeat contract. The first King George was a cutter of 12815⁄94...
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with the hired armed lugger Speculator, when they recaptured Respect. On 16 March 1810, boats from Idas and the hired armed cutter King George brought...
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Majesty's Hired armed cutter Tartar served the Royal Navy from 14 July 1794 to 11 November 1801. She was of 9063⁄94 tons (bm) and was armed with twelve...
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Wars the British Royal Navy made use of hired armed vessels, one of which was His Majesty's hired armed cutter Nimrod. Three such vessels are recorded...
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Royal Navy employed at least two cutters designated His Majesty's hired armed cutter Nile. The first hired armed cutter Nile was of 13682⁄94 tons (burthen)...
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HMS Seagull, Nautilus, and the hired armed cutter King George captured the French privateer lugger Adolphe. King George led the chase with Nautilus and...
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five cutters served the British Royal Navy as hired armed vessels under the designation HM hired cutter Rose: Rose, of 55 tons (bm) and armed with eight...
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he took command of the fireship HMS Nancy. In late 1801 the hired armed cutter King George, under the command of a Mr. Yawkins, served under Nelson at...
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Two vessels have borne the designation, His Majesty's hired armed cutter Lion. The first served during the French Revolutionary Wars, capturing five privateers...
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no guns, and under the command of "Owen". In late 1801 the hired armed cutter King George, under the command of a Mr. Yawkins, served under Nelson at...
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King George Packet launched at Dover in 1802, gave her burthen as 82 tons, and her armament as six 6-pounder guns. HM hired armed cutter King George was...
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vessels participating that had been fitted to throw rockets: two hired armed cutters King George and Nimrod, and the schooner Whiting. The Congreve rockets...
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Two vessels have been named His Majesty's hired armed cutter Earl St Vincent. The first hired armed cutter Earl St Vincent (or Earl of St Vincent) served...
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cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1776 HMS Duke of York (17), a King George V-class battleship launched in 1940, and broken up in 1958 Hired armed...
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name, and are displayed on the ship's honours board. Hired armed cutter Duke of York Hired armed lugger Duke of York Duke of York (ship) "Battle Honours...
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Devon. She was recaptured on 3 February by the Royal Navy's hired armed cutter King George and taken to Plymouth, Devon. HMS Penelope ( Royal Navy): The...
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HMS Royal Charlotte (section HM hired ships)
marque dated 15 October 1810. References exist to hired armed vessels serving the Royal Navy. Hired armed ship Royal Charlotte, of 20 guns, was at the Battle...
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Revenue cutters Stag and Swallow, which were then serving with Admiral Keith. Individual cutters might even for a time serve the Navy as a hired armed vessel...
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Georgiana was the cutter King George that was renamed Georgiana in 1804 and that served the British Royal Navy as a hired armed vessel between August...
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Truelove crew and the islanders know of him. British HM Hired Vessel Surprise HMS Eclair – 14-gun cutter British South Seas whalers and Nootka Island fur-traders...
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cruise and had not taken any prizes. On 12 June Nautilus and the hired armed cutter Fox captured two privateers off Flakkery, Norway. The Dutch privateer...
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Gunboat War (category George III)
to make her escape. The hired armed cutter Swan found herself in action off the island of Bornholm with a Danish 8-gun cutter-rigged vessel on 24 May...
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HMS Cockatrice (1781) (redirect from Hired armed brig Cockatrice)
and changed her rig to that of a brig. They hired her out to the Navy and she was in service as a hired armed brig from 1806 to 1808. She then returned...
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His Majesty's hired armed lugger Venus, which was renamed Agnes in 1804, served the British Royal Navy from 8 March 1804 until she foundered in the Texel...
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with HMS Hind and the money was payable in Guernsey in July 1795. HM hired armed cutter Marechal de Cobourg captured the French privateer lugger Espoir on...
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USS Pickering (category Ships of the United States Revenue Cutter Service)
the 1st brig built for the UCRC Service, in the United States Revenue Cutter Service and then the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France...
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than Naval officers exceeding what they were permitted to do.: 3–4 Hired armed cutter Queen Charlotte which served the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic...
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Furie had eight men killed and 14 wounded. The sloop Martin and the hired armed cutter Diligent shared in the proceeds of the capture. Sirius was among the...
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Harpy captured Hoop, Pronck, master. Harpy was in company with the hired armed cutter Hind. Racoon also shared in the proceeds of the capture. On 3 February...
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1803 was appointed to command of the cutter Joseph. On 6 April 1804 he was appointed to command of the hired armed brig Colpoys, of fourteen 12-pounder...
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