1785 27 Apr. 2/2 Commodore Thompson..takes with him the Termagant of 24 guns, and Pilot cutter.
1935 ‘A. Andrews’ vi. 93 No one taught me more than Mr. J. Paine..in a converted Bristol pilot cutter.
1997 May 91/3 Born in 1862 on Southampton pilot cutter lines.., Mermaid now lies distressed in the Tamar mud at Weir Quay Boatyard in Devon.