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THE PREVENTIVE BOAT SERVICE
1816-1819
Formed in 1809 as the Preventive Waterguard also known as the Preventative Boat Service to combat smuggling, the Waterguard was the sea arm of revenue enforcement & complemented the riding officers who patrolled the shore.
The Waterguard was initially based in Watch Houses around the coast, and boat crews patrolled the coast in cutters each night.
It was under admiralty control from 1816 to 1822, when it and riding officers were amalgamated under the control of the Board of Customs. The Waterguard was absorbed into the Customs and Excise department in 1909.
This is a list of men of the Preventive Boat Service around the coast of Britain between 1816 & 1819
RETURN of OFFICERS and MEN nominated to the PREVENTIVE BOAT SERVICE, also the Vessels "ENCHANTRESS," "RATTLESNAKE", and "JACOBUS"; stating their Ages, Places of Birth, Trade brought up to, Lenghth of Time at Sea, and by whom recommended
