Royal Navy made use of a considerable number of hired armed vessels. These were generally smaller vessels, often cutters and luggers, that the Navy used...
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HMS Albion (section Hired armed vessels)
Wars, the Royal Navy twice hired armed cutters named Albion, though these are probably the same vessel. See: Hired armed cutter Albion. Algiers 1816...
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HMS Ranger (section His Majesty's hired armed vessels)
Archer-class patrol vessel, launched in 1986, completed in 1988, and currently in service. A series of hired armed vessels were hired by the Royal Navy;...
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Two vessels named His Majesty's Hired armed cutter Industry briefly served the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars as hired armed vessels. Industry...
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Prince David – World War II (Canada) Armed merchant ship Defensively equipped merchant ship False flag Hired armed vessels List of auxiliary and merchant cruisers...
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was a hired armed lugger that served the British Royal Navy from 27 March 1804 to 4 March 1805. Alert had a burthen of 11980⁄94 tons and was armed with...
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His Majesty's hired armed brig Louisa served the British Royal Navy under contract from 25 May 1799 to 13 November 1801. She was the former mercantile...
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HMS Rose (section Other vessels)
sank in 1944 after colliding with HMS Manners. HM hired cutter Rose – any one of five hired armed vessels that served the Royal Navy between 1799 and 1804...
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HM hired armed tender United Brothers was under contract to the Royal Navy from 5 June 1803 to 6 January 1807, though a French privateer captured her...
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boarding foreign vessels. Armed boarding steamer – British vessels of similar purpose in First World War Hired armed vessels – British vessels that performed...
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His Majesty's hired armed cutter Duke of York served the British Royal Navy from 23 June 1803 to 24 September 1810. In July 1803 she sent into Portsmouth...
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HMS Anne (section Hired armed vessels)
She became a fleet collier in 1918 and was sold in 1919. Hired armed brig Ann Hired armed cutter Ann Ann (ship), a list of ships named Ann or Anne HMS Anna...
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and was armed with twelve 4-pounder guns. Then in August 1799, the hired armed vessel Tartar participated in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland. The...
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There were two, and possibly three, vessels named His Majesty's hired armed brig Ann (or Anne) that served the British Royal Navy. The first participated...
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vessels served the British Royal Navy as His Majesty's Hired armed cutter Hero. Under the command of Lieutenant John Reynolds, the second hired armed...
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The British Royal Navy employed two vessels described as His Majesty's hired armed cutter Kent, the first during the French Revolutionary Wars and the...
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Navy used several vessels that were described as His Majesty's hired armed cutter King George. Some of these may have been the same vessel on repeat contract...
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His Majesty's hired armed lugger Lark served the Royal Navy from 3 January 1799 to 6 November 1801. She was armed with two 4-pounder guns and twelve 12-pounder...
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Two vessels named His Majesty's Hired armed cutter Adrian served the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars as hired armed vessels. The first Adrian...
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His Majesty's hired armed lugger Spider served the Royal Navy from 15 August 1795 to 4 April 1796. She was armed with eighteen 4-pounder guns and had a...
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His Majesty's hired armed brig Pitt served the British Royal Navy between 1809 and 1812, primarily on the Brazil station. There are no readily available...
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armed with twelve 12-pounder carronades. As a hired armed vessel she captured several privateers and recaptured a number of British merchant vessels....
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Three hired armed cutters named Earl Spencer served the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary or Napoleonic Wars. Two, both cutters, served...
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At least three hired armed cutters named Duchess of Cumberland have served the Royal Navy. The first Duchess of Cumberland served in 1783. The second...
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St Vincent was a hired armed cutter that served the Royal Navy from 16 March 1798 to 29 April 1802, during the French Revolutionary Wars. She was of 194 13/94...
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His Majesty's hired armed lugger Black Joke was a lugger of ten 12-pounder carronades and 10892⁄94 tons burthen that entered into the service of the Royal...
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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...
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His Majesty's Hired armed cutter Sandwich served the Royal Navy from 23 May 1798 until the French frigate Créole captured her on 14 June 1799. She then...
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Majesty's hired armed cutter Diligent (or Diligente) served the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. She was a small vessel, of 44 tons...
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The hired armed lugger Daphne served the Royal Navy from 2 November 1794 to 19 December 1796. She was armed with twenty-two 4-pounder guns and was of...
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