His Majesty's hired armed cutter Duke of Clarence, named for William Henry, Duke of Clarence, served the British Royal Navy under two contracts, one during...
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Two vessels have borne the designation, His Majesty's hired armed cutter Constitution. The first served the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary...
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During the period of the Napoleonic Wars, the British Royal Navy twice employed a vessel named His Majesty's hired armed cutter Albion, though these are...
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guns. Her name was Nereide; Macartney renamed her Duke of Clarence. HM hired armed cutter Duke of Clarence, served the British Royal Navy under two contracts...
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Duke of York (17), a King George V-class battleship launched in 1940, and broken up in 1958 Hired armed cutter Duke of York Hired armed lugger Duke of...
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His Majesty's hired armed cutter (or schooner) Admiral Mitchell served under two contracts for the British Royal Navy, one at the end of the French Revolutionary...
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Hannibal was an armed ship of 16 guns that the British Royal Navy hired in 1804. On 25 September she was reported to be escorting troop transports from...
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Spanish frigate Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (category Frigates of the Spanish Navy)
(Our Lady of Mercy in English, a title of the Virgin Mary) was a Spanish Navy frigate which was sunk by the British off the south coast of Portugal on...
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USS Philadelphia (1799) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
the frigate Constellation. During this cruise she captured five French armed vessels and recaptured six merchant ships that had been taken by French...
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HMS Starling (1801) (category Brigs of the Royal Navy)
hired armed cutter Rose captured Phoebe the next day. Starling and Hyda arrived at Portsmouth on 29 June. From 1804 Starling was under the command of...
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