Wars, there were two or three vessels known as His Majesty's hired armed cutter Active that served the British Royal Navy. The reason for the uncertainty...

British Royal Navy employed two vessels described as His Majesty's hired armed cutter Kent, the first during the French Revolutionary Wars and the second...

His Majesty's Hired armed cutter Lurcher was a 12-gun cutter that served the Royal Navy from 15 August 1795 until 15 January 1801 when a French privateer...

Diego Suarez, 1942 Arctic, 1944 Falkland Islands, 1982 Hired armed cutter Active The schooner Active, which was under the command of Lieutenant Michael Fitton...

the British Royal Navy twice employed a vessel named His Majesty's hired armed cutter Albion, though these are probably the same vessel: Albion, of six...

to the hired cutter Active. Also in 1797, the lugger Black Joke recaptured Ceres and Good Intent. Black Joke was in company with the hired armed vessel...

Royal Navy as His Majesty's Hired armed cutter Idas, named for Idas, a figure from Greek mythology. The first Idas was a cutter that served the Royal Navy...

also made use of hired armed vessels, one of which was His Majesty's Hired armed cutter Swan. Actually there were two such cutters, but the descriptions...

history. However, Edward Pelham Brenton, writing in 1836, named the hired armed cutter Active as the messenger. This view was followed in 2008 by Noel Mostert...

(1892–1893) HMS Active – one of 12 vessels Hired armed cutter Active – one of two vessels USCGC Active – one of two vessels USRC Active – one of five vessels...

recaptured Petite Famille. On 15 June Sandwich was in company with the hired armed cutter Queen Charlotte when Sandwich captured the French privateer Courageux...

3 km) south southeast of Folkestone, with the assistance of the hired armed cutter Active. Bayonnaise (1672), a barque, bore the name Entreprenante (1692)...

Gunboat War between Britain and Denmark. Phosphorus shared with the hired armed cutter Active in the proceeds of the detention on 28 August of the Danish vessel...

or seven miles SSE of Folkestone, with the assistance of the hired armed cutter Active. The chase lasted an hour and 40 minutes and the French vessel...

anti-submarine patrols and as boom defence vessels. 266 of the hired trawlers were lost while on active service. Before and during the Second World War, the Royal...

privateer having made off. Another case occurred on 13 June 1804. HM hired armed cutter Princess Augusta, under the command of Lieutenant John Tracey, encountered...

was in company with Pheasant and the hired armed lugger Sandwich, when they discovered the Revenue cutter Active chasing a French privateer. The British...

United States Revenue Cutter Service, which was founded on 4 August 1790 as part of the Department of the Treasury. The Revenue Cutter Service and the United...

Dreadnought, Gibraltar, Christian VII, Milford, Naiad, Unicorn, and the hired armed cutters Nimrod and Adrian were all in sight when the Ballahoo class schooner...

and Resolution. St.Jean de Lone was armed with 12 guns and had a crew of 41 men. The cutter Surprize, which was armed with 10 guns, was the first to encounter...

1810, August 10 – His Majesty's Hired armed cutter Queen Charlotte drives off a substantially larger and more heavily armed French vessel. 1810, August 22...

Sex Soskendi. The next day Astraea was in company with Latona, the hired armed cutter Courier, and Cruizer when Cruizer captured the Prussian hoy Dolphin...

by a father and son team, by the name of Hogeboom; the father had been active as a privateer operating out of Flushing during the Seven Years' War under...

that helped widows of naval officers. Josias Bray commanded the hired armed cutters Active in 1812-13 and Badger in 1813-14. "No. 20393". The London Gazette...

Pigmy shared with Anson, Boadicea, Severn, and Sheerness, and the hired armed cutter Telemachus in the capture of four vessels: St Francois, taken 25 December...

Rosina was launched at Hull in 1803. She almost immediately became a hired armed ship for the British Royal Navy for about a year. After she returned...

(See also USS Van Buren) USS Harriet Lane, commissioned by the US Revenue Cutter Service in 1857, transferred to the U.S. Navy in 1861, named for Harriet...

the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist...

them into the Downs. On 14 October, Wolverine was in sight when the hired armed cutter Sandwich captured the Dutch hoy Hoop and her cargo. Wolverine was...

Indefatigable, Concorde, Révolutionnaire, Amazon, Argo, and the hired armed cutter Dolly and hired armed lugger Duke of York. On 13 April 1796, Indefatigable was...