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Two vessels named the hired armed cutter ''Griffin'' served the Royal Navy, the first during the French Revolutionary Wars and the second during the Napoleonic Wars. The descriptions of the two ''Griffin''s are similar enough to suggest they may have been the same vessel. ==First contract== ''Griffin'' served from 13 September 1794 until 1 November 1801. She was of 70 tons burthen (bm), and was armed with ten 3-pounder guns.〔Winfield (2008), p.388.〕 On 28 January 1797 ''Griffin'' anchored in the Yarmouth roads with her prize, the French privateer lugger ''Liberté''. After a three-and-a-half-hour-long chase, ''Griffin'' was able to capture ''Liberté'' at the entrance of the Ship-Wash, Yarmouth's sand banks. ''Liberté'' was armed with three guns and four swivel guns, and had a crew of 18 men. She had "infested" the coast for some time. ''Griffin''s master was B. Fisk.〔 〕 On 29 March 1799 ''Griffin'' and several other vessels were in company with or in sight at the capture of the galiot ''Neptunus''. ''Griffin'' shared with the sloop and the hired armed cutter ''Jane'' one month later, on 26 April, in the capture of the ''Adelaide'', Bose, master. Mr. James Olifant was master on ''Griffin'' when she shared with other vessels in the capture of the ''Calypso'', M.T. Schulten, master, (3 May) and the ''Resolution'' (14 May). The other two British vessels were again ''Scorpion'' and ''Jane''. On 16 October ''Griffin'' captured the ''Fortuna'', Blood, master. He was also her commander when she captured the fishing vessels ''Stadt Egerfund'', ''Welvaarin'', and ''Stadt Embden''. 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 Griffin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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