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} |} The ''Admiral Mitchell'' served under two contracts for the Royal Navy as a hired armed cutter or schooner, one at the end of the French Revolutionary Wars and the second at the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars. She participated in several notable small engagements and actions. In 1806 the Admiralty purchased her and took her into service as the ''Sir Andrew Mitchell'' in 1807. ==First contract== ''Admiral Mitchell''s first contract ran from 22 January 1800 to 26 October 1801.〔Winfield (2008), p. 390.〕 An item in the ''London Chronicle'' indicates that a Lieutenant Shirley commanded her in May.〔''London Chronicle'' (1800: 8 May), p.437.〕 However, items in the ''Naval Chronicle'' suggest that the ''Admiral Mitchell'' was thereafter under the command of Lieutenant John Derby (or Darby). Her duties were to carry dispatches to and from the British fleet off the coast of France, and escort convoys. On 3 June 1801, ''Admiral Mitchell'' arrived in Portsmouth from a cruise, having recaptured, off Boulogne, two vessels, laden with iron and timber, and sent them into Dover.〔''Naval Chronicle'', Vol. 6, p.82.〕 On 29 June 1801, ''Admiral Mitchell'', recaptured three vessels: the brigs ''Supply'' and ''Favorite'', and the sloop ''Prince of Wales''. On 25 August letters reached Plymouth that Derby had brought into Dartmouth a large American ship that had been sailing from New York to Havre de Grace. She had a cargo of "India goods of various descriptions, valued per manifest at £50,000, supposed French property as a French merchant, supercargo, and family on board going to Old Prance". The cutter ''Alert'' was in company at the time.〔''Naval Chronicle'', Vol.6, p.252.〕 On 28 October, Derby sailed ''Admiral Mitchell'' into Catwater. There she and all the hired craft turned in their stores and guns to the yard and gunwharf.〔''Naval Chronicle'', Vol.6, p.428.〕 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「Hired armed cutter Admiral Mitchell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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