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HMS ''Mecklenburgh'' was a 6-gun single-masted cutter of the Royal Navy, purchased in 1663 during the last days of the Seven Years' War with France and assigned to coastal patrol offshore from Sussex. After ten years' service she was partly dismantled and sunk to form part of a breakwater in the port of Sheerness. == Construction == ''Mecklenburgh'' was one of thirty cutters purchased by the Royal Navy in a three-month period from December 1762 to February 1763, for coastal duties off English ports.〔Winfield 2007, pp. 322-323〕 The function of these purchased cutters included convoy and patrol, the carrying of messages between Naval vessels in port and assisting the press gang in the interception of merchant craft. Admiralty Orders for her purchase were issued on 29 December 1762, and the transaction was completed on 4 February 1763 at a cost of ₤400.〔 She was a small craft, single-masted and with an overall length of including bowsprit, a keel, and measuring 82 tons burthen. Her beam was . Admiralty records indicate she was French-built and had been at sea as a merchant vessel since 1758.〔 On 12 February 1763 the newly purchased cutter was sailed to Sheerness Dockyard for fitting out as a Navy craft. Works ran for four months until 26 June, at a total cost of £994.〔 Her merchant armament of eight three-pounder cannons was reduced to six, supported by ten -pounder swivel guns for anti-personnel use.〔 As rebuilt for Navy service, ''Mecklenburgh'' had a complement of 30 crew.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Mecklenburgh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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