Talk:HMS Badger (1794)

Revenue cutter Badger

Hi @Broichmore:, the image you added is great, but I am almost certain that it is of a different Badger than the hoy in the article. At the time the image was made (1796), the Badger of the article was a commissioned naval vessel, not part of the revenue service. Second, hoys were sloop-rigged, not cutter-rigged. (Admittedly I am not as knowledgeable of rigging as I should be and so cannot point out the differences.) Third, cutters were built for speed, as befits a revenue service, while hoys were built for cargo capacity at the expense of speed. The RN used them as a field expedient for small armed supply vessels, not as patrol vessels. Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 12:13, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

@Acad Ronin:, added to which I mistakenly counted 8 guns when it looks like 10. I have renamed it HMRC Badger (cutter, 1794) 10 guns, and moved the image to a Badger disambiguation? page. On a separate note please also compare Badger (1803 ship) against the cutter mentioned in HMS Badger; something at odds there, where the 1803 cutter is mentioned. Grateful if you could sort it out as I'm abroad in the thirld world and can't examine specialist offline records. Broichmore (talk) 05:01, 14 January 2020 (UTC)