Chapter XXIV: Appendix: III

LIST OF CRUISERS EMPLOYED IN THE CUSTOMS SERVICE FOR THE YEAR 1797 (_up to June 27_)

-------------------+------------------------------+---------+------+------+ Vessel. | Commander. | Tonnage.| Guns.| Men. | -------------------+------------------------------+---------+------+------+ _Vigilant_ Yacht |{ Richard Dozell |{ 53 | 6 | 13 | _Vigilant_ Cutter |{ |{ 82 | 8 |10adl.| | | | | | | | | | | _Diligence_ | William Dobbin | 152 | 14 | 32 | | | | | | _Swallow_ | Thomas Amos | 153 | 10 | 32 | _Lively_ | Du Bois Smith | 113 | 12 | 30 | _Defence_ | Geo. Farr (Acting) | 76 | 6 | 18 | _Ant_ | Thomas Morris | 58 | 4 | 15 | _Fly_ | Thomas Gibbs | 52 | 4 | 15 | _Success_ | William Broadbank | 74 | 6 | 24 | _Otter_ | John Matthews | 68 | -- | 13 | _Active_ | Thomas Lesser | 75 | 8 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | _Swift_ | J. Westbeech (Tide Surveyor) | 52 | -- | 8 | _Nimble_ | William Clothier (Acting) | 41 | 2 | 15 | _Tartar_ | B.J. Worthington | 100 | 10 | 23 | _Stag_ | John Haddock | 153 | 14 | 32 | | | | | | -------------------+------------------------------+---------+------+------+

-------------------+---------------------------------------+ Vessel. | Extent of Cruising Station. | -------------------+---------------------------------------+ _Vigilant_ Yacht | To attend the Honourable Board. | _Vigilant_ Cutter | In the winter season the cutter with | | ten additional hands cruised on the | | coasts of Essex, Ken, and Sussex | _Diligence_ | Milford to Solway Firth, or as the | | Board should direct. | _Swallow_ | As the Board should direct. | _Lively_ | " " " | _Defence_ | Gravesend to Dungeness. | _Ant_ | Gravesend to the Nore. | _Fly_ | " " " | _Success_ | Rochester to North Sand Head. | _Otter_ | Rochester to the Buoy of the Woolpack.| _Active_ | Mouth of Medway to N. Foreland, | | round the Longsand and up the | | Swin to Leigh. | _Swift_ | Downs to the Longsand. | _Nimble_ | Between the Forelands. | _Tartar_ | The Gore to Beachy Head. | _Stag_ | Dover to Brighton, but extended on | | special circumstances. | -------------------+---------------------------------------+

-------------------+------------------------------+---------+------+------+ Vessel. | Commander. | Tonnage.| Guns.| Men. | -------------------+------------------------------+---------+------+------+ _Hound_ | J.R. Hawkins | 111 | 12 | 30 | _Falcon_ | Charles Newland | 131 | 12 | 33 | _Roebuck_ | John Stiles | 104 | 12 | 27 | _Antelope_ | John Case | 97 | 10 | 26 | | | | | | _Rose_ | William Yeates | 114 | 12 | 32 | _Swan_ | |[Building at this date]| _Greyhound_ | Richard Wilkinson | 200 | 16 | 43 | _Alarm_ | Andrew Dealey | 130 | 12 | 36 | _Ranger_ | Nathaniel Cane | 80 | 8 | 25 | _Busy_ | Alexr. Fraser (mate) | 46 | -- | 11 | _Hinde_ | Gabriel Bray | 160 | 12 | 41 | _Dolphin_ | Richard Johns (Junr.) | 139 | 14 | 32 | | | | | | _Racer_ | James Wood (mate) | 40 | -- | 9 | _Speedwell_ | John Hopkins |[Building at this date]| | | | | | _Endeavour_ | Thomas Peregrine | 34 | -- | 11 | _Repulse_ | G.G.H. Munnings | 143 | 14 | 43 | _Argus_ | John Saunders | 135 | 14 | 32 | _Hunter_ | Thomas Ritches | 143 | 14 | 32 | _Bee_ | A. Somerscalls (mate) | 28 | -- | 9 | | | | | | _Eagle_ | George Whitehead |[Building at this date]| _Mermaid_ | John Carr | 112 | 10 | 30 | _Viper_ | John Hudson (mate) | 28 | -- | 9 | | | | | | -------------------+------------------------------+---------+------+------+

-------------------+---------------------------------------+ Vessel. | Extent of Cruising Station. | -------------------+---------------------------------------+ _Hound_ | N. Foreland to Isle of Wight. | _Falcon_ | Beachy Head to Isle of Wight. | _Roebuck_ | Round the Isle of Wight. | _Antelope_ | Round the Isle of Wight, and from | | Needles to Swanage. | _Rose_ | From Lool to Lyme. | _Swan_ | Beachy Head to Lyme. | _Greyhound_ | Beachy Head to the Start. | _Alarm_ | Between Portland and the Start. | _Ranger_ | Land's End to Cape Cornwall. | _Busy_ | Plymouth Sound and Lawsand Bay. | _Hinde_ | Portland to St. Ives and Scilly. | _Dolphin_ | St. Ives to Padstow, round Scilly; | | Land's End to Helford. | _Racer_ | Chepstow to Ilfracombe. | _Speedwell_ | Holyhead, Bristol Channel, and to | | the Land's End. | _Endeavour_ | The whole port of Milford. | _Repulse_ | North Yarmouth to Portsmouth. | _Argus_ | Buoy of the Middle[25] to Lowestoft. | _Hunter_ | Harwich to Cromer. | _Bee_ | Humber, York, and Lincoln, and to | | guard Quarantine. | _Eagle_ | Tynemouth to Yarmouth. | _Mermaid_ | Berwick to the Spurn. | _Viper_ | Isle of Anglesea to St. Bee's Head | | occasionally. | -------------------+---------------------------------------+

[25] _i.e._ doubtless the channel better known as Swin Middle, leading into the estuary of the Thames.