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Hart, 1796
Type: Hired Armed Brig ;
Hired : 1796 ; Disposal date or year : 1801
Notes:

16 May 1801 arrived N. Yarmouth Adm. Dickson's squadron, from a cruise off Goree, consisting of the Princess of Orange, Leyden, Agincourt, Texel, Madras, Assistance ; Squirrel, frigate ; Hart, brig ; Speculator, lugger ; Bittern, sloop ; and Griffin, cutter.

24 May 1801 Adm Dickson in the Blenheim departed N. Yarmouth for a cruise off Goree with the Standard, 64, Brunswick, 74, Princess of Orange, 74, Assistance, 50, Texel 64 ; Squirrel, frigate ; Hart, brig ; and a cutter.

5 Jul 1801 arrived Sheerness, from N. Yarmouth.

19 Jul 1801 departed Sheerness, with a convoy of 8 merchant ships, for the Elbe.

26 Jul 1801 departed Harwich for the Northward.

28 Jul 1801 arrived N. Yarmouth from the Nore with a fleet of Hambro' ships under convoy.

2 Aug 1801 departed N. Yarmouth with a convoy of ships for Hamburgh.

17 Aug 1801 remains in the Roads at N. Yarmouth.

20 Aug 1801 departed N. Yarmouth on a cruise.

2 Sep 1801 arrived Sheerness, the Hart, Lt Harrison, from off Goree, where she obtained a considerable amount of intelligence regarding the strength of the enemy forces ashore.

4 Sep 1801 has hoisted a signal for a convoy for the Baltic.

13 Sep 1801 remains at Sheerness with a convoy of 70 sail for the Baltic, and wind N.E.

15 Sep 1801 remains at Sheerness with the cutter Drake and the Baltic convoy, wind-bound.

17 Sep 1801 remains at Sheerness with the cutter Drake and the Baltic convoy, having departed earlier in the day, but the wind having veered round to the E.N.E., and they were obliged to put back. The wind now blows fresh from the same quarter.

18 Sep 1801 departed Sheerness with her convoy for the Baltic of upwards of 100 vessels.

19 Sep 1801 passed by North Yarmouth with her convoy, being joined by the cutter Drake, with a number of merchant vessels from N. Yarmouth.

14 Oct 1801 called, in passing, at N. Yarmouth with a convoy from the Baltic, and continued Southward with the remainder of her convoy of about 100 vessels for other ports.

29 Oct 1801 arrived in N. Yarmouth Roads.

Circa Jul 1802 prize money resulting from the capture of the Prussian Hoy Welvaert due for payment.