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The Royal Navy used several vessels that were described as the hired armed cutter ''King George''. Some of these may have been the same vessel on repeat contract. ==First hired armed cutter ''King George''== The first ''King George'' was a cutter of 128 tons burthen, armed with twelve 4-pounder guns. She served from 24 June 1796 to 1799.〔Winfield (2008), p.389.〕 In 1797 she was under the command of under Lieutenant James Rains.〔 〕 May saw her participating in the capture of the French privateer ''Adolphe'', together with and . ''King George'' had led the chase with ''Nautilus'' and ''Seagull'' joining in for another four hours before ''Nautilus'' succeeded in capturing ''Adolpe''. ''Adolphe'' was pierced for 12 guns but had thrown some overboard during the chase. When the British captured her, ''Adolphe'' had five guns, eight swivels, and a crew of 35. She was new, nine days out of Boulogne on her first cruise and had not taken any prizes. On 2 July ''Nautilus'', ''Seagull'', ''King George'' and the hired armed cutter ''Fox'' captured the Dutch privateer ''Klyne Sperwer'', of 28 men, 20 of whom escaped in boats. ''Klyne Sperwer'' was armed with six 3-pounder guns, swivel guns, muskets, and the like. She had a crew of 28 men, 20 of whom escaped in boats. She had been out a month from Amsterdam but had taken nothing. Three weeks later, on 23 July, after a three-hour chase, ''King George'' and ''Seagull'' captured the French privateer ''Captain Thurot'' near Christiansand. ''Captaine Thurot'' was a small French privateer cutter armed with two brass 6-pounders and four swivels, and had a crew of 22. She had already captured the ship ''Tom'', of Liverpool, from Riga, with timber, and the brig ''Bachelor'', of Saltcoats in Scotland. ''Nautilus'' shared with ''Seagull'' by a private agreement. On 9 October ''King George'', sailed from Yarmouth for the Texel and on 11 October participated in the Battle of Camperdown. On 12 February 1798 prize money resulting from the sale of Dutch ships captured on 11 October 1797 was due for payment. In 1847 the surviving members of the crews of all the British vessels at the battle qualified for the Naval General Service Medal with the clasp "Camperdown". 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 King George」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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