Hind, <-1797-1817->
Type: Revenue Cruiser ; Armament 14
BM: 60 tons
Notes:

Jul 1797 captured the French privateer Incroyable in the Channel.
A report also appeared in the London Gazette :
Copy of a Letter from S. Pellew, Esq; Collector of HM Customs at Falmouth, to Evan Nepean, Esq; dated Falmouth, July 24, 1797. Sir, I Have the Honor to acquaint you, for the Information of their Lordships, that the Hind Revenue Cutter, stationed at this Port, Mr. Murray, acting Commander, has captured and sent into this Port L'Incroyable French Privateer, mounting Two Carriage Guns and Twenty-one Men, out Four Days from St. Maloes; also retaken the Sloop Three Brothers, John Collison, Master, from Neath, laden with Coals, Prize to the said Privateer, the only Capture she had made since she left St. Maloes. I am, &c. S. Pellew.

Jul 1797 captured a French privateer, Name unknown, in the Channel.
The following appeared in the London Gazette :
Copy of a Letter from Sir Edward Pellew, Bart. Captain of HM Ship Indefatigable, to Mr. Nepean, dated Falmouth, 22 July 1797. Sir, you will be pleased to inform their Lordships, that the Duke of York Lugger returned last Night. She fell in with a French Lugger Privateer, and chased her off the Land into the Hands of Lieutenant Bray, commanding the Hind Revenue Cutter, who also retook a Sloop, which the Privateer had before captured : The Lugger mounts 2 Guns, with 25 Men. I have the Honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant, Ed. Pellew.

5 Apr 1799 Plymouth, Captain J. Still, late of the Hiram American ship lately retaken and brought in here by one of the cruisers, came passenger in La Fortune French brig, carried into Fowey by the Hind Revenue cutter, Lieutenant Bray.

18 May 1799 Plymouth, arrived, the Hind Revenue Cutter, Lieutenant Bray, with the Dottery, smuggler, having on board 400 ankers of spirits. She threw overboard 200 ankers in the chace.

2 Apr 1800 Plymouth, arrived from a cruise.

Plymouth, prior to 18 Jun 1801, the Hind captured the dogger Hoffnung, 50 tons B.M., which is now to be sold, having been condemned to the Hind.

27 Sep 1801 arrived Sheerness from off Boulogne, having sprung her mast in a gale, and had departed for Deptford for repair. Off Boulogne these vessels were being used by Lord Nelson in an attempt to disrupt French plans to build an invasion fleet.

21 Dec 1801 the revenue cruisers Hind and Ranger, having sheltered at Falmouth due to contrary winds, departed on a cruise.

8 Mar 1802 arrived Falmouth from a cruise with the cutter Friendly Society, with 500 ankers of spirits on board from Guernsey.

11 Apr 1802 was seen this evening off Falmouth, the Hind cutter, Allan, in the offing, in chace (sic) of a vessel, supposed to be a smuggler. Wind N.W.

18 May 1802 departed Falmouth on a cruise against smugglers.

19 May 1802 arrived Falmouth, the Hind, from a cruise with the Flora, smuggling cutter from Mevagissey, with 1,000 anchors of spirits from Guernsey.

13 Jun 1802 arrived Falmouth from a cruise.

19 Sep 1802 departed Falmouth, the revenue cruisers Hind, Alan, and the Clausina, Thomas, on a cruise.

Feb 1803 capture of the Jan Frederick, La Felicit�, Le Charles, and Jonge Batz�, by the Hind Revenue Cutter, while acting as a Tender to the Conqueror, Thomas Louis.

13 Apr 1803 arrived Plymouth the Ranger, Busy, Renown, Hinde, and Eagle, cutters, from a cruise, with impressed men ; the Eagle has gone into quarantine, having taken 2 men out of the Cultivator, recently arrived from Malaga.

14 Apr 1803 departed Plymouth, on the Impress Service.

1 June 1803 captured the French privateer Felicit� on the Home station, along with other miscellaneous prizes.
See the London Gazette as follows :
Sir, I Enclose, for the Information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a Letter I have received from Lieutenant Senbouse, of HM Ship Conqueror, (employed on the Impress Service on board the Hind Revenue Cutter,) stating his having captured La Felicit� French Cutter Privateer, and carried her into Portland-Roads, with sundry other Prizes. I am, &c. Jas. P. Dacres.
Hind Revenue Cutter, Portland Roads, June 1, 1803.
Sir, I Beg Leave to acquaint you, that whilst cruising off Portland, in pursuance of your Orders, I have captured and detained the following Vessels :
La Felicit� French Cutter Privateer, armed with Twenty-two Men.
Le Charles French Merchant Brig, laden with Oak Timber for constructing Ships, from Rouen to Rochfort.
A Dutch Galliot, laden with Salt, from the Coast of Portugal bound to Rotterdam.
A Dutch Indiaman, from Surinam, with a very valuable Cargo of Cotton and Coffee.
The fresh Westerly Wind, with the bad Sailing of my Prizes, jointly obliged me to anchor in this Roadstead ; as soon, however, as the Wind and Weather will permit, I shall lose no Time in proceeding to Plymouth.
I have the Honor to be, Sir, &c. (Signed) H. T . Senhouse.
To Rear-admiral Dacres, &c. &c.

6 Jun 1803 departed Plymouth the Ranger and Hind on a cruise.

27 Oct 1803 arrived Plymouth, a smuggling boat from Guernsey, taken by the Hind's boat, with 100 casks of spirits.

May 1805 Portland to Land's End : vessel of Port of Falmouth ; 60 tons, 43 men.

16 Apr 1806 captured the French privateer Intrepide in the Channel.
The following appeared in the London Gazette :
Hind Revenue Cutter, Catwater, Port of Plymouth, 21 April 1806.
Sir, I beg you will be pleased to acquaint my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that on Wednesday the 16th Instant, having received Information at Scilly that a Vessel had been captured off that Island by a French Brig Privateer of Fourteen Guns, I immediately got under Weigh, and proceeded to Sea ; and on Friday the 18th had the Satisfaction of falling in with her, Scilly bearing N.N.E. Three Leagues ; she hoisted American Colours, and allowed us to approach ; fired a Broadside into us, and a Volley of Musketry ; then, with a Crowd of Sail, she attempted to get-off, depending on her superior Sailing ; but, after a Chace from Nine A.M. till Twelve, and a running Fight from Twelve to Three, she struck to the Hind Revenue Cutter under my Command, and proves to be L'Intrepide of St. Maloes, of Fourteen Guns, Eight of which had been, previously put into the Hold, Joseph Boursin, Commander, who, with Two of the Enemy, were killed, and Two are dangerously wounded. She has been out Twenty Days, and has captured Four Vessels.
I have every Reason to hope that neither of them can, as yet, have got into any French Port, by what I can learn from those who belonged to them, and who were taken in the Intrepide. She is a new Vessel, and was returning from her Second Cruize ; she has, and would have been, a great Annoyance to our Trade, being a very fast-sailing Vessel.
On board of the Hind we have none Killed or Wounded ; nor any Damage, other than the Rigging and Sails being cut. I cannot do sufficient Justice to the Zeal and steady Conduct of Mr. Pitt, Chief Mate, and the Officers and Men under my Command. I have the Honor to be, &c. Tho. Murray Allan.
Brig Mary, M'Arthur, Master, from Ireland, a light Transport, retaken and sent into Scilly.
Admiral Young, &c.

18 Jun 1812 sunk the French privateer Incomparable off the Dodman.
The following appeared in the London Gazette :- Admiralty-Office, June 23, 1812.
Copy of a Letter from Mr. Richard Bawden, Mate of the Hind Revenue Cutter, addressed to Admiral Sir Robert Colder, Bart, and transmitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq.
Hind Revenue Cutter, Cawsand-Bay, June 19, 1812.
Sir, I beg leave to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that, while cruizing in His Majesty's revenue cutter the Hind, about seven P. M. yesterday, the Dodman bearing W. N. W. distance about six or seven miles, and blowing hard, with a high sea running, the weather hazy, I found myself in the near presence of a French lugger privateer, then having in company an English brig which she had captured. This cutter became engaged with the lugger : the latter showing every disposition to board the former, I gave him three broadsides, fell on board him, and his masts were carried away, boarded, and took possession of him, but soon after the vessels were separated, the lugger was found to be in a sinking state, and it was with great difficulty the officers and men of this cutter were withdrawn from her, as were, at the same time, her commander, his first officer, and seven of his crew, who are now on board the Hind. The lugger at this time appeared to have settled in the water very much, and being by that time dark night, we soon lost sight of her and there is every reason to suppose she sunk.
From the report of her commander, Jean Le Duc, this lugger proves to be the Incomparable belonging to St. Maloes, one hundred and twenty tons burthen, armed with fourteen twelve pounder carronades, having a crew of fifty-three men ; out from Roscoe four days, had made no capture previous to the brig then in her company ; during the action seven of her crew were killed, and nine men wounded. The crew, except the nine persons now in the Hind, and those seen in the brig's boat, remained in the lugger.
I am happy to inform you, that none of the crew of the Hind have received any hurt whatever, and that their conduct on this occasion was most exemplary and brave, against so superior a force, and in such extreme bad weather.
On the Hind appearing, the lugger withdrew her men from the brig, and none of her crew having been removed at the same time, the brig's both topmasts were carried away, I did not wait to board the brig, but pursued the lugger, and in passing I ordered the master of the brig to bear away for the nearest port ; but I have not since seen that vessel, and have every reason to think the Frenchmen perished in her boat, as we saw them rowing towards the lugger and they have not been since heard of. The Hind has received no other damage than in her rigging and sails,
I am, &c. Bawden, Mate, in Command, Hind Cutter.

Falmouth 27 Jun 1812 arrived from Plymouth.

Circa 31 Dec 1814 armed with 14 guns as a Revenue cruiser under the command of John Smith, based on the Plymouth Station, and responsible to the English Board.

May 1817 arrived Falmouth from a cruise and departed.

24 May 1817 Returned to arm herself following receiving information that a squadron of Algerine or Tunisian cruisers had passed down the Channel.

7 Sep 1817 arrived Falmouth from Plymouth.

26 Oct 1821 Thomas Wade, and Thomas McCormick, boatmen, transferred from the Revenue Cruiser Hind to Seven Heads, Kinsale, Galley Head, Preventive Station ; ADM 175 15 do. Wade discharged to PS Milk Cove, 11 Jul 1822 ; McCormick promoted and discharged to PS Mutton Island No. 1 6 Mar ? 1823. See ADM 175 15.

30 Oct 1821 William Cork, boatmen, transferred from the Revenue Cruiser Hind to Courtmasherry, Kinsale, Galley Head, Preventive Station ; ADM 175 15 do. ; Cork promoted commd boatman and discharged to PS Ballymacotter, 5 Jul 1825. See ADM 175 15.