• 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, but...
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  • Majesty's Hired armed cutter Adrian served the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars as hired armed vessels. The first Adrian was the cutter Industry...
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  • and the hired armed cutter Nimrod recaptured the Roebuck packet, which the French privateer Adelaide had captured on 20 March. Lurcher and Nimrod sent Roebuck...
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  • 1908 Antarctic Nimrod Expedition for the South Pole. HMS Nimrod Hired armed cutter Nimrod British Southern Whale Fishery - Voyages: Nimrod. Lloyd's List...
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    British suffered no casualties. The action occurred in sight of the hired armed cutter Nimrod. In January 1805 head and prize money from the proceeds of the...
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  • 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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    Dreadnought, Gibraltar, Christian VII, Milford, Naiad, Unicorn, and the hired armed cutters Nimrod and Adrian were all in sight when the Ballahoo class schooner...
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  • use of hired armed cutters with the name of Nimrod. List of ships named Nimrod The 2018 animated film Sherlock Gnomes, includes an HMS Nimrod, which resembles...
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  • ship with a crew of 120 based at Bordeaux. In December 1800, the hired armed cutter Nimrod recaptured Skene, Crawly, master, which had been sailing from...
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    Ambuscade, commanded by Captain Henry Jenkins, with Stag and the hired armed cutter Nimrod captured the chasse maree Francine . Then Ambuscade shared with...
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  • HMS Armide and the hired armed cutter Nimrod were in company when they recaptured the English brig Sparkler, A. Brown, master. Nimrod sent Sparkler into...
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  • in the prize were Caledonia, Valiant, Piercer, Arrow, and the hired armed cutter Nimrod. Then, on 28 September, Snapper captured Aventura and San Nichola...
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    The next day Armide, Caledonia, Valiant, Snapper, Arrow and the hired armed cutter Nimrod captured the San Nicolas and Aventura. On 9 January 1811, Armide...
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    captured a transport and a brig from a convoy under the escort of hired armed cutter Nimrod. A few days later, Phoebe was sailing off the Azores in the company...
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    into port. Boadicea shared with Révolutionnaire, Pique, and the hired armed cutter Nimrod in the capture of Anna Christiana on 17 May 1798. Around 18 June...
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    stricken ship but the damage was too severe. Danae, Sylph, and the hired armed cutter Nimrod assisted in rescuing the crew. Ethalion's first lieutenant then...
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    the Starling. On 22 April 1811, Poictiers, Caledonia and the hired armed cutter Nimrod captured the French vessel Auguste. They removed her cargo of...
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    from 1797. Pique shared with Révolutionnaire, Boadicea and the hired armed cutter Nimrod in the capture of the Anna Christiana on 17 May 1798. While patrolling...
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  • that at this time Lieutenant William Marsh was captain of the hired armed cutter Nimrod. The similarity of the names of contemporaneous commanders and...
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    participating that had been fitted to throw rockets: two hired armed cutters King George and Nimrod, and the schooner Whiting. The Congreve rockets of this...
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    Twysden. Revolutionnaire shared with Boadicea, Pique and the hired armed cutter Nimrod in the capture of Anna Christiana on 17 May 1798. On 30 May 1799...
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    Northfleet. On 13 December 1810 Venerable was in company with the hired armed cutter Nimrod and several other vessels at the capture of Goede Trouw. On 12...
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    to escape from Danae. On 25 December 1799 Danae, Sylph and the hired armed cutter Nimrod assisted Ethalion, which had hit some rocks. They were able to...
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    sharing in the prize included Caledonia, Valiant, Arrow, and the hired armed cutter Nimrod. The next day, Piercer captured the French sloop Saint Pierre...
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  • aground off the Penmarks, Finistère, France and was wrecked. HMS Danae, HMS Sylph, and the hired armed cutter Nimrod (all Royal Navy), rescued her crew....
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  • who had arrived with a transport, fitted Whiting and the two hired armed cutters Nimrod and King George with rockets. On 11 April the three vessels took...
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  • renamed. Hired out as an armed ship and transport. Destroyed by fire at Kingston, Jamaica. Mercury (1785-1803) New Euphrates (1796-1803) Nimrod (1787-loss)...
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    America, among others. Cruizer shared with Apollo, Lutine, and the hired armed cutter Rose in the proceeds from the capture on 13 May of the Houismon, Welfart...
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    her existing name. Between 21 May and 8 August, Crescent, Meleager, and Nimrod captured two Spanish vessels: a felucca that was sailing from Havana to...
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    2017–2019 Commander Simon Pressdee 2019–2020 Commander Simon Pressdee 2020– Hired armed vessels (Royal Navy) Naval trawler Q-ship Royal Naval Reserve Auxiliary...
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