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The Royal Navy employed two vessels described as the Hired armed cutter ''Kent''. ==First Hired armed cutter ''Kent''== The first ''Kent'' served the Royal Navy from 22 December 1798 until 19 October 1801 when she was returned to her owners.〔3Decks - Naval Sailing Warfare History.(Hired Vessels )〕〔Winfield (2008), p. 389.〕 ''Kent'' had a burthen of 13113/94 tons (bm), and was armed with twelve 12-pounder carronades.〔 In 1799 ''Kent'' recaptured two colliers, the brig ''Autumn'' and the schooner ''Zephyr''. Between April and July 1799, ''Kent'' sailed in company with the 28 gun sloop and the 14-gun brig-sloop . Together, these three vessels captured a number of prizes. On 23 April they captured ''Blenie Rosetta''. On 29 May they took ''Active'' and ''Providence''. One month later, on 28 June, they captured five fishing boats. Then on 13 July they captured the ''Altona''. Three days later they captured the ''Antony Wilhelm''. Lastly, on 29 July, they captured the ''Nancy''. (On 20 January 1803 prize money resulting from the capture of the ''Blenie Rosetta'', ''Active'', ''Providence'', five fishing boats, ''Altona'', ''Antony Wilhelm'' and ''Nancy'' was due for payment.) ''Kent'', under Lieutenant William Lanyon, also captured the ''Vrouw Saakje'' on 17 June 1799. On 27 November 1799, ''Kent'' captured the French lugger privateer ''Quatre Freres'' (''Four Brothers'') five leagues off the North Foreland. ''Four Brothers'' was under the command of Citizen Charles Desobier and carried four 4-pounders, swivel guns, small arms, and a crew of 24. She was one day out of Calais and had yet to take any prizes. Lanyon sent her into Ramsgate. ''Kent'' shared the capture with . In July 1800, ''Kent'', under Lieutenant Robert Baron Cooban, participated in the Raid on Dunkirk that resulted in the cutting out of the French frigate ''Désirée''. During the action on 8 July, ''Kent'', together with the gun-brig and the Hired armed cutter ''Ann'', engaged some French gunboats and prevented them from intervening. ''Biter'' had three officers and men wounded and each of the cutters suffered one man wounded. In 1847 the Admiralty awarded all surviving claimants from the action the Naval General Service Medal with a clasp that acknowledged the capture of the ''Desiree''. 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 Kent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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