The hired armed lugger Daphne served the Royal Navy from 2 November 1794 to 19 December 1796.
She was armed with twenty-two 4-pounder guns and was of 1606⁄94 tons burthen (bm)[1] Daphne apparently served at Jersey together with Aristocrat and Royalist in a small squadron under the command of Captain Philippe d'Auvergne, in the 16-gun Firm-class floating battery HMS Bravo.
[3] Daphne, of 160 tons (bm), was launched in 1787 at Poole, appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1793, but was not listed either in 1792 or in 1794.
[4] Earlier, a lugger Daphne had received two letters of marque.
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