Appendix III
List of Cruisers Employed in the Customs Service for the Year 1797 (Up to June 27)
| Vessel. | Commander. | Tonnage. | Guns. | Men. | Extent of Cruising Station. |
| Vigilant Yacht Vigilant Cutter | Richard Dozell | 53 82 | 6 8 | 13 10adl. | To attend the Honourable Board. In the winter season the cutter with ten additional hands cruised on the coasts of Essex, Ken, and Sussex |
| Diligence | William Dobbin | 152 | 14 | 32 | Milford to Solway Firth, or as the Board should direct. |
| Swallow | Thomas Amos | 153 | 10 | 32 | As the Board should direct. |
| Lively | Du Bois Smith | 113 | 12 | 30 | As the Board should direct. |
| Defence | Geo. Farr (Acting) | 76 | 6 | 18 | Gravesend to Dungeness. |
| Ant | Thomas Morris | 58 | 4 | 15 | Gravesend to the Nore. |
| Fly | Thomas Gibbs | 52 | 4 | 15 | Gravesend to the Nore. |
| Success | William Broadbank | 74 | 6 | 24 | Rochester to North Sand Head. |
| Otter | John Matthews | 68 | — | 13 | Rochester to the Buoy of the Woolpack. |
| Active | Thomas Lesser | 75 | 8 | 18 | Mouth of Medway to N. Foreland, round the Longsand and up the Swin to Leigh. |
| Swift | J. Westbeech (Tide Surveyor) | 52 | — | 8 | Downs to the Longsand. |
| Nimble | William Clothier (Acting) | 41 | 2 | 15 | Between the Forelands. |
| Tartar | B.J. Worthington | 100 | 10 | 23 | The Gore to Beachy Head. |
| Stag | John Haddock | 153 | 14 | 32 | Dover to Brighton, but extended on special circumstances. |
| Hound | J.R. Hawkins | 111 | 12 | 30 | N. Foreland to Isle of Wight. |
| Falcon | Charles Newland | 131 | 12 | 33 | Beachy Head to Isle of Wight. |
| Roebuck | John Stiles | 104 | 12 | 27 | Round the Isle of Wight. |
| Antelope | John Case | 97 | 10 | 26 | Round the Isle of Wight, and from Needles to Swanage. |
| Rose | William Yeates | 114 | 12 | 32 | From Lool to Lyme. |
| Swan | [Building at this date] | Beachy Head to Lyme. | |||
| Greyhound | Richard Wilkinson | 200 | 16 | 43 | Beachy Head to the Start. |
| Alarm | Andrew Dealey | 130 | 12 | 36 | Between Portland and the Start. |
| Ranger | Nathaniel Cane | 80 | 8 | 25 | Land’s End to Cape Cornwall. |
| Busy | Alexr. Fraser (mate) | 46 | — | 11 | Plymouth Sound and Lawsand Bay. |
| Hinde | Gabriel Bray | 160 | 12 | 41 | Portland to St. Ives and Scilly. |
| Dolphin | Richard Johns (Junr.) | 139 | 14 | 32 | St. Ives to Padstow, round Scilly; Land’s End to Helford. |
| Racer | James Wood (mate) | 40 | — | 9 | Chepstow to Ilfracombe. |
| Speedwell | John Hopkins | [Building at this date] | Holyhead, Bristol Channel, and to the Land’s End. | ||
| Endeavour | Thomas Peregrine | 34 | — | 11 | The whole port of Milford. |
| Repulse | G.G.H. Munnings | 143 | 14 | 43 | North Yarmouth to Portsmouth. |
| Argus | John Saunders | 135 | 14 | 32 | Buoy of the Middle25 to Lowestoft. |
| Hunter | Thomas Ritches | 143 | 14 | 32 | Harwich to Cromer. |
| Bee | A. Somerscalls (mate) | 28 | — | 9 | Humber, York, and Lincoln, and to guard Quarantine. |
| Eagle | George Whitehead | [Building at this date] | Tynemouth to Yarmouth. | ||
| Mermaid | John Carr | 112 | 10 | 30 | Berwick to the Spurn. |
| Viper | John Hudson (mate) | 28 | — | 9 | Isle of Anglesea to St. Bee’s Head occasionally. |
Notes
25 i.e. doubtless the channel better known as Swin Middle, leading into the estuary of the Thames.