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 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. | -------------------+---------------------------------------+

i.e. doubtless the channel better known as Swin Middle, leading into the estuary of the Thames.