His Majesty's hired armed cutter Hirondelle served the British Royal Navy under contract between 23 March 1801 and 19 October 1801.
[1] Lieutenant Gustavus Stupart was appointed to command of Hirondelle on 23 March 1801, and was stationed in the Channel.
Although the contract reportedly ended in October, on 24 November she departed Plymouth Sound for Jersey.
[2] On 15 May 1801 Fisgard, Hirondelle, and the hired armed cutter Earl Spencer, recaptured the brig Victory from the French.
[5] Twenty days later Hirondelle captured the Tres Jeunes Amis.