Nancy, 1797
Type: Revenue Cutter ;
Notes:

26 Apr 1797 captured the French privateer Daphne near the Isle of Wight.
The following appeared in the London Gazette :
Extract of a Letter from Mr. William Arnold, Collector of HM Customs at Cowes, to Evan Nepean, Esq; dated April 27, 1797;
I Have the Honor to inform you, that a French Privateer the Daphne of Cherbourg, Bar Corpa, Master, of the Burthen of 33 Tons, with 25 Men, Two Carriage Guns and Two Swivels, has been taken and brought in here Yesterday by the Nancy Cutter, a small Revenue Cruizer belonging to this Port, Robert Willis Commander, 32 Ton Admeasurement, with Ten Men and One Swivel Gun only. The Privateer is marked on the Stern, Vigilant, of Guernsey, a Deception often made Use of, I am informed, to decoy English Trading Vessels within Reach of the Guns of the Enemy's Cruizer.