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Revenue cutters

Scope note

Use for single-masted lightly armed cutters with fire lines built for governments expressly to prevent smuggling and to enforce customs regulations; in use mostly from the late 18th to the early 19th century. OCSS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000179495

Broader Terms used

<law enforcement vessels>

Term used for

cutters, revenue

Equivalent Terms used

revenue cutter

Created

13yrs ago

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