Hired Armed Lugger Duke Of York
His Majesty's Hired armed lugger ''Duke of York'' served the Royal Navy from 14 October 1794 to 2 January 1799 when she foundered in the North Sea. She was of 57 tons ( bm) and was armed with eight 4-pounder guns. She may have been the lugger by the same name that on 28 October 1793 received a letter of marque. That ''Duke of York'' was described as being under the command of Richard Mowle, having a burthen of 54 tons, being armed with six 4-pounder guns and six swivels, and having a crew of 23. Service with the Royal Navy On 31 January 1795 ''Duke of York'' was part of a squadron under Captain Sir John Borlase Warren that seized the Dutch East India Ship ''Ostenhuyson''. On 26 February, ''Pomone'', under Captain Warren, captured a 12-gun schooner off the Île de Groix, near Lorient. She was the French Convention navy, American-built ''Coureuse'' and she was escorting a convoy of three brigs and two luggers from Brest to Lorient. The frigates ''Artois'' and ''Galatea'', ...
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Hired Armed Vessels
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 and