from Cayenne to France. Union was off Hastings by 21 August. Second hired armed cutter Nile The second hired armed cutter Nile had a burthen of 166 tons. She carried ten 12-pounder carronades and two 6-pounder bow guns. Her contract ran from 30 May 1804 to 1 March 1805. In 1804 she was renamed Phyllis. In 1806 she resumed the name Nile and served a second contract, this time from 18 February 1806 to 12 December 1806. 1804: Nile, under the command of Lieutenant John Nugent, recaptured several vessels in 1804: Excellent (21 June), Mary of Newcastle (6 July), and Providence (7 July). Excellent, Davis, master, had been sailing from Carmarthen to London when a French privateer captured her. After Nile recaptured her, Nile sent her into Ramsgate. A French privateer had captured Mary, which had been sailing from Emsworth to Hull, and Providence, Lownsbro, master, which had been sailing from Jersey to Petersburg. Nile, operating out of Hastings, had recaptured them near Bordeaux. On 23 July Nile recaptured Albion. Then on 3 September Nile captured Nostra Senora del Bon Voiage. While in command of Nile, Nugent chased a praam on shore off Fecamp, recaptured five brigs, and drove on shore and destroyed, off St. Valery, the French lugger Etoile. 1806: On the evening of 14 January 1806 two French privateers anchored themselves off the harbour at Dover. The Sea Fencibles went to man their batteries, only to have sentinels turn them away. The commanding general, Lord Forbes, was away at Canterbury and the sentinels would not permit the Fencibles to proceed without his permission. At the same time Nile was in the harbour, and under the command of Thomas Johnson. A concerned citizen asked him why he did not set out to chase them away. The Times quoted him as saying: The Times went on to comment: A few months later Nile captured the American brig Truxton on 20 April. Then she captured the French chasse maree Elizabeth 30 June and the sloop Susannah Margaretta on 14 July. This may be the cutter Nile that the Royal Navy purchased and registered on 3 November 1806. Notes Citations References . See also Hired armed lugger Nile Hired armed brig Nile Hired armed vessels of the Royal Navy 1800s ships