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Vigilant (other)
Vigilant can refer to: Ships * ''Vigilant'' (1790s Baltimore schooner), an American schooner that carried the mail and passenger traffic in the Danish West Indies for 130 years * ''Vigilant'' (S 618), a French Navy ballistic missile submarine * ''Vigilant'' (yacht), an American yacht, the winner of the 1893 America's Cup yacht race * CGS ''Vigilant'', a Canadian armed third-class cruiser and Great Lakes fisheries protection vessel * HMC ''Vigilant, a British customs cutter of HM Customs and Excise * HMRC ''Vigilant'', two ships and a number of cutters of the British HM Customs and Excise * HMS ''Vigilant'', a number of ships of the British Royal Navy * HSV ''Vigilant'' (JHSV-2), a ship of the United States Navy-led joint high-speed vessel program, later renamed * , more than one ship of the United States Coast Guard * , more than one ship of the United States Revenue-Marine and United States Revenue Cutter Service * , more than one ship of the United States Navy * Vigilant ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigilant (1790s Baltimore Schooner)
''Vigilant'' was a Baltimore schooner, possibly originally launched in 1794 as ''Nonsuch''. She appeared in the Danish West Indies as ''Vigilant'' from 1824. She carried the mail and passenger traffic between St. Croix and St. Thomas in the 19th and the first decade of the 20th century. A storm sank ''Vigilant'' on 12 September 1928. Career American service In her early career she carried flour and cotton down to the West Indies and returned to Baltimore with coffee and sugar. Captain Thomas Boyle commanded her in 1803–1804 under the American flag. The Danish West Indies Circa 1824 ''Nonsuch'' was sold to Danish West Indies' authorities, who renamed her ''Vigilant'' and used her for coast guard duties. Most famously, while under the command of Danish Captain Irmminger, with thirty soldiers on board, she captured a Spanish pirate ship that had been cruising and harassing merchant vessels in the narrow passage between St. Thomas and Puerto Rico. After her coast guard ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigilant (S 618)
''Le Vigilant'' is a strategic nuclear submarine in service with the French Navy. See also *List of submarines of France The submarines of France include Nuclear submarine, nuclear attack submarines and nuclear ballistic missile submarines of various List of submarine classes, classes, operated by the French Navy as part of the Submarine forces (France), French Subma ... References Triomphant-class submarines Ships built in France 2003 ships Submarines of France {{France-mil-ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigilant (yacht)
''Vigilant'' was the victorious United States defender of the eighth America's Cup in 1893 against British challenger ''Valkyrie II''. ''Vigilant'' was designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and built in 1893 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island. She was Herreshoff's first victorious America's Cup defender design. Design ''Vigilant'' was a centerboard sloop with all-metal (steel and bronze) construction. She was owned by a syndicate led by Charles Oliver Iselin and which included Edwin Dennison Morgan, August Belmont, Jr., Cornelius Vanderbilt, Charles R. Flint, Chester W. Chapin, George R. Clark, Henry Astor Carey, Dr. Barton Hopkins, E.M. Fulton, Jr. and Adrian G Iselin. She was skippered by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff himself. Career Launched on June 14, 1893, ''Vigilant'' beat ''Colonia'', ''Jubilee'', and ''Pilgrim'' to win the 1893 American selection trials for the America's Cup defense. In the 1893 America's Cup ''Vigilant'' faced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CGS Vigilant
CGS ''Vigilant'' was a Fisheries Protection patrol vessel employed on the Canadian Great Lakes. Completed in 1904, the vessel remained in service on the Great Lakes until 1924. The vessel was then chartered by the Canadian Customs Preventive Service until 1929 for service on the East Coast of Canada. The ship was sold to private interests and converted to a barge. She remained in service until 1956 when the vessel was broken up. Description ''Vigilant'', designed as an armed patrol vessel for service on the Great Lakes, was of steel construction and fitted with a ram bow. The vessel was long with a beam of and a draught of . ''Vigilant'' had a tonnage of . The ship was powered by two triple expansion steam engines driving two screws creating (nominal) or . This gave the vessel a maximum speed of . The vessel was armed with two QF 3-pounder guns. Service history ''Vigilant'', described as the "first modern warship to be built in Canada", was acquired for patrol service on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMC Vigilant
HMC ''Vigilant'' is a Border Agency (customs) cutter of the United Kingdom. She was launched by Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands in 2003 and is one of four cutters operated by the UK Border Force. History ''Vigilant'' entered service for the British Government by the then HM Customs and Excise in 2004. In 2008, the fleet of customs cutters was transferred, along with border control duties, from HM Revenue and Customs to the newly formed UK Border Agency. She now operates as part of the UK Border Agency fleet of five cutters. Prefix The Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise Departments merged to form HM Revenue and Customs on 18 April 2005, and from this time customs cutters changed their prefix from "HMRC" (Her Majesty's Revenue Cutter) to "HMCC" (Her Majesty's Customs Cutter). Following transfer to the UK Border Agency this was shortened to the current "HMC" (Her Majesty's Cutter) and a new livery applied to the fleet of cutters.As referenced and illustrated in thiP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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