Revenue cruiser Hound

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Hound, <-1799-1830->
Type: Revenue cruiser ; Armament 12
Notes:

13 Aug-Oct 1799 employed on expedition to Holland.

28 Aug 1799 capture of the Dutch hulks Drotchterland and Brooderschap, and the ships Helder, Venus, Minerva, and Hector, in the New Diep, in Holland.

Deal 5 Aug 1801 arrived from off Boulogne with dispatches from Lord Nelson, where the town and shipping in the area was being bombarded which could be heard on the opposite shore of the English Channel.

24 Feb 1802 prize money resulting from the capture of the Dutch hulks Drotchterland and Brooderschap, and the ships Helder, Venus, Minerva, and Hector due to be paid.

17 Nov-30 Dec 1802 prize money resulting from the expedition to Holland due for payment.

7 Apr 1803 remains in the Downs.

30 Apr 1803 departed the Downs for Deptford.

15 Aug 1803 arrived in the Downs the cutter Hound with dispatches for Adm Montague.

16 Aug 1803 departed the Downs the cutter Hound with the East Indiaman Admiral Aplin, and a number of smaller vessels, under convoy for Portsmouth.

17 Aug 1803 arrived Spithead with her convoy.

12 Feb 1804 the Hired Armed Cutter Admiral Mitchell, Alexander Shippard, Esq., Commander, in company with the revenue cutter Hound, captured a French privateer, and the following day recaptured her prize, the sloop Perseverance, bound from Dartmouth to London, and taken off Beachy Head, and sent them into Newhaven.

1 Jun 1805 salvage monies resulting from the re-capture of the Perseverance are due to be paid.

Circa 31 Dec 1814 armed with 12 guns as a Revenue cruiser under the command of John Butler, and responsible to the English Board.

Circa 1 Jan 1816 armed with 12 guns as a Revenue cruiser under the command of Lieut Fred Lewis, based on the Portsmouth Station, and responsible to the English Board.

15 Sep 1818 arrived Portsmouth with 44 tubs of spirits and 2 casks of tobacco, from off Beachy-head, and departed again.

15 Feb 1819 departed Portsmouth on a cruise.

1830 Revenue Vessel - Ireland

NB I have no knowledge regarding when vessels were built or broken up for the Revenue Service, so these notes may well cover one or more vessels.