A number of vessels of the British revenue services, at times known as the Inland Revenue, HM Customs and Excise, HM Revenue and Customs, and most recently UK Border Agency, have been named Vigilant:[a]

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The Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise Departments merged to form HM Revenue and Customs on 18 April 2005, and from this time customs cutters changed their prefix from "HMRC" (Her Majesty's Revenue Cutter) to "HMCC" (Her Majesty's Customs Cutter). Following transfer to the UK Border Agency this was shortened to the current HMC (Her Majesty's Cutter).

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  • King's Cutters and Smugglers, by Keble-Chatterton, E, George Allen, 1908
  • Smuggling: a history, 1700 - 1970, Phillipson, D, David & Charles, 1973
  • King’s Cutters – The Revenue Service and the War Against Smuggling, Smith, G, Conway Maritime Press, 1983