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- Hired_armed_vessels abstract "During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the 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 for duties ranging from carrying despatches and passengers to convoy escort, particularly in British coastal waters, and reconnaissance.The Navy Board usually hired the vessel complete with master and crew rather than bareboat. Contracts were for a specified time or on an open-ended monthly hire basis. During periods of peace, such as the period between the Treaty of Amiens and the commencement of the Napoleonic Wars, the Admiralty returned the vessels to their owners, only to rehire many on the outbreak of war.The Admiralty provided a regular naval officer, usually a lieutenant for the small vessels, to be the commander. The civilian master then served as the sailing master. For purposes of prize money or salvage, hired armed vessels received the same treatment as naval vessels.However, Admiral John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, wrote that throughout his life he \"discouraged any friend of mine from serving in a cutter or hired armed vessel.\" He felt that a good officer would be wasting his time in such vessels, while a bad officer should not be allowed to serve in them. Cutters and hired armed vessels generally did not receive the sort of opportunities that would allow a good officer to shine, or give him visibility to senior officers, while giving bad officers too much independence. The most suitable officers were good sailors with a common education.However, some officers that served in hired armed vessels went on to have distinguished subsequent naval careers. A case in point was Thomas Ussher, who went from the hired armed brig Colpoys to become an admiral.".
- Hired_armed_vessels thumbnail Armed_cutter.jpg?width=300.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageExternalLink catalogue.
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- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageOutDegree "26".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageRevisionID "651393283".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Bareboat_charter.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Carronade.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Category:Hired_armed_vessels_of_the_Royal_Navy.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Cutter_(boat).
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink HM_hired_brig_Telegraph_(1798).
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Hired_armed_brig_Ann.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Hired_armed_brig_Colpoys.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Hired_armed_cutter_Courier.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Hired_armed_cutter_Norfolk.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Hired_armed_cutter_Telemachus.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Hired_armed_lugger_Aristocrat.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Hired_armed_lugger_Duke_of_York.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Hired_armed_ship_Kitty.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Hired_armed_ship_London_Packet.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Hired_armed_vessel_Sir_Thomas_Pasley.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink John_Jervis,_1st_Earl_of_St_Vincent.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Letter_of_marque.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Lugger.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Napoleonic_Wars.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Naval_General_Service_Medal_(1847).
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Navy_Board.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Navy.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Ussher.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink Treaty_of_Amiens.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLink File:Armed_cutter.jpg.
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "Hired armed ship".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "Hired armed vessels".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "Hired armed".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "Hired ship".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "Hired".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "armed cutter".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "armed defence ship".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "armed escort ship".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "armed schooner".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "armed ship".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "hired armed brig".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "hired armed brigs".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "hired armed cutter or schooner".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "hired armed cutter".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "hired armed cutters".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "hired armed ship".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "hired armed tender".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "hired armed vessel".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "hired armed vessels".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "hired armed".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "hired brig".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "hired cutter".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "hired ship".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "hired vessel".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "hired".
- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageWikiLinkText "served on contract".
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- Hired_armed_vessels wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Use_British_English.
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- Hired_armed_vessels subject Category:Hired_armed_vessels_of_the_Royal_Navy.
- Hired_armed_vessels type Ship.
- Hired_armed_vessels type Ship.
- Hired_armed_vessels type Vessel.
- Hired_armed_vessels comment "During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the 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 for duties ranging from carrying despatches and passengers to convoy escort, particularly in British coastal waters, and reconnaissance.The Navy Board usually hired the vessel complete with master and crew rather than bareboat.".
- Hired_armed_vessels label "Hired armed vessels".
- Hired_armed_vessels sameAs Q16969546.
- Hired_armed_vessels sameAs m.0fq1gnh.
- Hired_armed_vessels sameAs Q16969546.
- Hired_armed_vessels wasDerivedFrom Hired_armed_vessels?oldid=651393283.
- Hired_armed_vessels depiction Armed_cutter.jpg.
- Hired_armed_vessels isPrimaryTopicOf Hired_armed_vessels.