Duke of York

His Majesty's Hired armed lugger Duke of York served the Royal Navy from 14 October 1794 to 2 January 1799 when she foundered in the North Sea. She was of 57 tons (bm) and was armed with eight 4-pounder guns. She may have been the lugger by the same name that on 28 October 1793 received a letter of marque. That Duke of York was described as being under the command of Richard Mowle, having a burthen of 54 tons, being armed with six 4-pounder guns and six swivels, and having a crew of 23. Service with the Royal Navy On 31 January 1795 Duke of York was part of a squadron under Captain Sir John Borlase Warren that seized the Dutch East India Ship Ostenhuyson. On 26 February, Pomone, under Captain Warren, captured a 12-gun schooner off the Île de Groix, near Lorient. She was the French Convention navy, American-built Coureuse and she was escorting a convoy of three brigs and two luggers from Brest to Lorient. The frigates Artois and Galatea, and the Duke of York assisted Pomone in the capture. The British scuttled two of the brigs that were of little value, but took the other four vessels as prizes, with being taken into service briefly as a dispatch vessel in the Mediterranean.