Cutter (boat)
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A cutter is any of various types of watercraft. The term can refer to the rig of a sailing vessel, to a governmental enforcement agency vessel, to a type of ship's boat which can be used under sail or
A gaff cutter, Kleine Freiheit, with a genoa jib set
USCGC Legare, an example of a US Coast Guard cutter
Illustration of the British cutter HMS Nimble chasing a French cutter in 1781
A cutter secured to a boat boom, ready for use, alongside an anchored battleship during the First World War
Ship's boat
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A ship's boat is a utility boat carried by a larger vessel. Ship's boats have always provided transport between the shore and other ships. Other work done by such boats has varied over time, as techno
Cutter (boat)
…but with regional differences in definition), to a governmental enforcement agency vessel (such as a coast guard or border force cutter), to a type of ship's boat which can be used under sail or oars, or, historically, to a type of fast-sailing vessel introduced in the 18th century, some of which were used as…
HMS Thetis run aground in North Carolina, 1794. Her boats have just laid two kedge anchors to haul her off and are now sounding the depth of the water in the region of the anchors.
A Royal Navy Montagu whaler being manned with an armed boarding party to check a neutral vessel stopped at sea, October 1941
1834 painting of HMS Pique's gig by John Christian Schetky
A ship's tender of MSC Orchestra