Hired Armed Lugger Aristocrat
His Majesty's hired armed vessel ''Aristocrat'' served the Royal Navy, twice, as a lugger from 1794 to 1798, and as a brig from 1799 to 1801. She served with the Jersey-based Channel Islands flotilla under Commodore Philippe d'Auvergne, Prince of Bouillon. As a lugger she participated in two notable engagements, the second of which won for her crew the Naval General Service Medal, awarded some 50 years later. As a brig, she captured two privateers. HM hired armed lugger ''Aristocrat'' On her first contract, ''Aristocrat'' served from 2 November 1794 to 9 December 1798. The owner and original master of the vessel were Mr Henry Wilkins. She was armed with four 6-pounder and eight 4-pounder guns.''Naval Chronicle'', Vol. 15, pp.310-4. She was of 172 tons ( bm), and Admiralty records later give her armament as twenty-two 4-pounder guns. In 1793, at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars, the Governor of Jersey Alexander Lindsay had opened communications between England and ...
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The 'Aristocrat' Armed Lugger Engaging A French Flotilla, Consisting Of Nine Sail RMG PU5497 (cropped)
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