Hired armed cutter Duke of York

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Duke of York and Duke of York (ship).
History
Name: Duke of York
Commissioned: 23 June 1803
Decommissioned: 24 September 1810
General characteristics [1]
Type: Cutter
Tons burthen: 82 27⁄94 (bm)
Armament: 8 × 4-pounder guns

The Hired armed cutter Duke of York served the Royal Navy from 23 June 1803 to 24 September 1810.

In July 1803 she sent into Portsmouth the American vessel Eagle, from New York bound for Amsterdam, and in August the Young Jane, from Roxborough for France.[2]

In 1807 she was under the command of Lieutenant A. Mott. On 15 October, under the command of Lieutenant J. Forbes and while in company with the revenue cutters Fox and Seagull, she captured the French privateer Friedland. (Prize money was due to be paid in 1809.)[3]

In November 1808 she was reported under the command of Lieutenant G.V. Crosbe, with a convoy to the Downs. In 1811 she is reported under the command of Lieutenant T. Banks in Guernsey, per Steel's Navy List. This is after she was reported returned to her owners, but another source still has her listed as under commission under Lieutenant Banks as late as 1813-14.[4]

References

Citations
  1. ↑ Winfield (2008), p.391.
  2. ↑ The Naval chronicle, Vol. 10, p.173.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 16309. p. 1693. 24 October 1809.
  4. ↑ Books on Google Play The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack ... for the Year of Our Lord ..., (1814), p.137.
Bibliography
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