HMS Naiad (1797)
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HMS Naiad was a Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate that served in the Napoleonic Wars. She was built by Hall and Co. at Limehouse on the Thames, launched in 1797, and commissioned in 1798. She served in th
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Painting of Naiad engaging Santa Brigida alongside Alcamene and Triton by Thomas Whitcombe
Naiad closes in on the beleaguered Belleisle
Naiad tows the Belleisle towards Gibraltar, 23 October 1805
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
HMS Naiad (1797)
…Corneille, two large French frigates taking troops and stores from Nantes to Egypt. After her recapture, Phoenix arrived safely in Plymouth on 11 May. The hired armed cutter Earl St Vincent shared in the capture. On the night of 16 May 1801, boats from Naiad and Phaeton, under the direction of Naiad's First lieutenant…
c. 1780 illustration of a hired armed cutter (second from left)