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Two vessels have been named the Hired armed cutter ''Earl St Vincent''.〔The name ''Earl St Vincent'' comes from John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent.〕 ==The first ''Earl St Vincent''== The first Hired armed cutter ''Earl St Vincent'' (or ''Earl of St Vincent'') served the Royal Navy from 16 March 1798 to 29 April 1802, when she was returned to her owners.〔 She was armed with 14 or 16 cannon and had a crew of 56 men and a burthen of 185 tons (bm).〔Lyons (1993), p.264.〕 In 1798 and 1799 she was in the Mediterranean where she carried letters and despatches for Lord Nelson. In 1799, at least, she was under the command of Lieutenant Sargeant.〔Nelson and Nicolas (1844-46), p.395.〕 On 25 July 1800 she captured the ''Revanche''. On 6 May 1800, His Majesty's Hired Armed Schooner ''Earl St Vincent'', under the command of Lieutenant Henry Boys, captured the Spanish privateer ''Santa Ysabella'' (alias ''Saavedra''). In 1801 she was under the command of Lieutenant H. Boys (Boyce) at Plymouth. She sailed on 20 January for Jamaica with the King's proclamation for stopping all Russian, Danish and Swedish vessels. However, between 26-28 January she was in company with a number of other vessels at the capture of the French 36-gun frigate ''Dédaigneuse'', afterwards added to the British navy under the same name. On 27 January she was in company with and when they captured the Spanish ship ''Carlotta''. On 5 May ''Earl St Vincent'' and captured the ''Phoenix''. ''Earl St Vincent'' returned to Portsmouth on 2 July. When she returned to Plymouth on 8 July she brought in the ''Cheri'', a valuable French brig, bound for Bordeaux from Cayenne with a cargo of cocoa, coffee and dye-wood.〔''The Naval Chronicle'', Vol. 6, p.80.〕 She and ''Naiad'' had captured ''Cheri'' on 8 April 1801. On 21 July Lieutenant Boyce received orders to fit for foreign service and the following day he went into the Sound and sailed with a convoy to the eastward. On 6 August she captured the French schooner ''Elise'', in sight of . On 26 August she brought in to Plymouth two rich Spanish prizes that she had captured of Cape Ortegal.〔''The Naval chronicle'', Vol. 6, p.252.〕 On 2 November at the height of a gale, ''Earl St Vincent'', which was moored to the south of St Nicholas' Island (now Drake's Island), parted both anchors and scudded through the sound under bare poles to the entrance of the Cattewater. By skillful steering she ran through two lines of trawlers, missed both pier-heads and finished up on the mud in Sutton Pool, quite safe.〔''The Naval chronicle'', Vol. 6, p.429.〕 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 Earl St Vincent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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