Duke of York

His Majesty's hired armed cutter Duke of York served the British Royal Navy from 23 June 1803 to 24 September 1810. In July 1803 she sent into Portsmouth the American vessel Eagle, from New York bound for Amsterdam, and Galatea, which had been sailing from Bordeaux to Bremen. In August she sent in Young Jane, from Roxborough for France. The next month Duke of York sent Syren, Desrege, master, into Falmouth. Syren had been sailing from Barcelona to Guernsey. In October 1804, Duke of York brought into Cowes 200 casks of spirits that she had retrieved off the Needles. In 1807 Duke of York was under the command of Lieutenant A. Mott. On 15 October, under the command of Lieutenant J. Forbes and while in company with the revenue cutters Fox and Seagull, she captured the French privateer Friedland. (Prize money was due to be paid in 1809.)