Hired Cutter Nile

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Nile (3), 1799
Type: Hired Lugger ; Armament 12
Hired : 1799 ; Disposal date or year : 1801
Notes:

13 Aug-Oct 1799 employed on expedition to Holland. Although it is not clear whether this and the prize money should apply to the cutter above or this lugger.

12-13 Jan 1800 the frigate Nemesis, sloop Savage, lugger Nile, cutters Narcissus, Union, and Stag in sight of or involved in the capture of the French Privateer lugger Le Renard, 14 guns, 2 swivels, and 65 men, Jean Jacque Fourmintin, Master, the Nile, Master Stephen Butcher, Lt. Whithead sick, captured the Privateer lugger Le Modere, 4 guns, and 42 men, whilst the Savage recaptured the English brig Atlas, from Lisbon ; the Nile then being posted off Calais.

13 Jan 1800 later, in the Downs.

1 Nov 1800 2100, the Nile (3), Master Stephen Butcher, Lt Whitehead being sick on shore, captured the French privateer Renard, of Calais, Michael Bernard Hamelin, commander, 2 x 3 pdrs., whilst alongside a laden merchant ship standing in for the Downs.

2 Nov 1800 later, in the Downs, writing up report to send to the CinC in the Downs.

15 Feb 1801 the Nile arrived back in the Downs with the Anacreon.

5 Apr 1801 it appears by the Nile lugger, that the squadron under the orders of Sir E. Pellew, Bart, was left blocking up in a port near L'Orient, two French men of war, and a frigate under Admiral Nielly, which had escaped from L'Orient, it is supposed to join Gantheaume's squadron, the Nile spoke Admiral Cornwallis all well the 3d instant.

8 Apr 1801 remains in the Downs.

10 Apr 1801 departed Plymouth Sound with dispatches and fresh stock for Admiral Cornwailis, off Brest.

17 Jun 1801 departed the Downs the Ferreter, Gun Brig ; King George, Queen, and Kent, cutters ; Nile 3d, Resolution, luggers ; on a cruise.

16 Jul 1801 arrived in the Downs from a cruise and remains.

18 Jul 1801 departed the Downs the gun brig Constant, with the Kent, cutter, and Nile, lugger, on a cruise.

27 Sep 1801 in company with the Queen cutter was sent in close to enemy vessels anchored in Boulogne Bay, but were becalmed before they could close the enemy, who drew up their artillery along the shore, with support from the infantry behind them. At the same time the enemy slipped the cables of a brig and several luggers, crowded with men, to row out to meet the cutter and lugger, but a breeze blew up and the French returned to their anchorages, not apparently wishing to match themselves against the British under these conditions.

19 Oct 1801 arrived in the Downs with the Felix, a small French sloop, from Dieppe to Dunkirk, in ballast. [One wonders why she detained this vessel, the Peace of Amiens having been signed circa 3 Oct. The answer to this is that hostilities didn't cease until 22 Oct., despite the fact that many people acted as if the Peace came into force on 3 Oct. However, when dealing with communications in those days it took time for the news to spread, especially to ships at sea, and hence the delay in enforcing it.]

20 Oct 1801 orders have been received in the Downs for the Nile to be paid off, presumably as a result of the signing of the Peace of Amiens.