HDMS Allart
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HDMS Allart, a brig launched at Copenhagen in June 1807, was amongst the ships taken by the British after the second Battle of Copenhagen. In British service, she was recaptured by Danish-Norwegian gu
The Danish brigs Samsøe, Seagull, Kiel, Allart and Alsen attacking a British merchant convoy in the North Sea on 16 July 1810
Hired armed vessels
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During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Royal Navy made use of a large number of hired armed vessels. These were generally smaller vessels, often cutters and luggers, that the Royal Navy used for duti
c. 1780 illustration of a hired armed cutter (second from left)