HMRC Vigilant
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A number of vessels of the British revenue services, at times known as the Inland Revenue
, HM Customs and Excise, HM Revenue and Customs, and most recently UK Border Agency
, have been named Vigilant:
Inland Revenue
The Inland Revenue was, until April 2005, a department of the British Government responsible for the collection of direct taxation, including income tax, national insurance contributions, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, corporation tax, petroleum revenue tax and stamp duty...
, HM Customs and Excise, HM Revenue and Customs, and most recently UK Border Agency
UK Border Agency
The UK Border Agency is the border control body of the United Kingdom government and part of the Home Office. It was formed on 1 April 2008 by a merger of the Border and Immigration Agency , UKvisas and the Detection functions of HM Revenue and Customs...
, have been named Vigilant:
- HMRC Vigilant was a customs cutter built in 1901 and converted into a houseboatHouseboatA houseboat is a boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily as a human dwelling. Some houseboats are not motorized, because they are usually moored, kept stationary at a fixed point and often tethered to land to provide utilities...
in 1920. She is currently laid up awaiting preservation. - HMRC Vigilant was the former , acquired in 1921 and the sole Revenue vessel during the 1920s.
- HMRC VigilantHMRC Vigilant (1947)In 1947 HM Customs and Excise acquired the former HMS Benbecula, renamed her HMRC Vigilant and fitted her out for service with Customs. She took part in many clandestine operations in co-operation with the Investigations Branch of HM Customs and Excise, against smuggling...
was the former , acquired in 1947. - HMC Vigilant is a customs cutter built in 2003, and in service as of 2009 (previously HMRC Vigilant, and HMCC Vigilant).