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Earl Spencer, 1799
Type: Hired Cutter ; Armament 14
Hired : 1799 ;
Disposal date or year : 1801
Notes:
28 May 1800 Nile, and Earl Spencer will be paid their Proportion of the Salvage arising from the recapture of the Molly.
29 Mar 1801 captured the French privateer Huron on the Lisbon station.
15 May 1801 the Fisgard, Hired Armed Brig Hirondelle, Lieutenant Gustavus Stupart, Commander and the Hired Armed Cutter Earl Spencer, Lieutenant James Leach recaptured the brig Victory from the French.
There appear to be two cutters with the same name hired for the same period, and it doesn't appear to be possible to separate them.
Earl Spencer, 1803
Type: Hired Cutter / tender ; Armament 12
Hired : 1803 ;
Disposal date or year : 1814
Notes:
May 1805 Channel.
Cork 24 Jan 1810 Sailed in search of a French privateer seen off the coast near Ballycotton.
1 Mar 1811 Reported as being on Cruising duties, Lt W Bothwell.
Portsmouth 2 Sep 1811 Arrived with convoy from Cork.
Portsmouth 3 Sep 1811 Sailed with a convoy for Guernsey.
Cork 11 Sep 1811 Has gone to Waterford for impressed seamen.
Cork 27 Sep 1811 Has a signal flying for a convoy to the Downs.
Cork 21 Oct 1811 Remains.
Deal 29 Nov 1811 Arrived from the westward, with a small convoy.
Cork 6 Feb 1812 Sailed with a convoy up Channel.
Cork 23 Dec 1812 Is getting under weigh to take a large convoy up Channel.
Cove 21 Jan 1814 Remains with a convoy of transports taking in cattle and grain to the Peninsula.