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Vigilant (1794 Baltimore Schooner)
Vigilant can refer to: Ships * Vigilant (1790s Baltimore schooner), ''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), ''Vigilant'' (S 618), a French Navy ballistic missile submarine * Vigilant (yacht), ''Vigilant'' (yacht), an American yacht, the winner of the 1893 America's Cup yacht race * CGS Vigilant, CGS ''Vigilant'', a Canadian armed third-class cruiser and Great Lakes fisheries protection vessel * HMC Vigilant, HMC ''Vigilant'', a British customs cutter of HM Customs and Excise * HMRC Vigilant, HMRC ''Vigilant'', two ships and a number of cutters of the British HM Customs and Excise * HMS Vigilant, 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 ... [...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] |