Royal Navy vessels systematically swept the western sea-lochs of Inverness-shire and Argyll in the months after Culloden, landing soldiers on remote shores and cutting off escape routes to France by sea. Loch Nevis, Loch Hourn, Loch Morar and the Sound of Arisaig were all patrolled. Government vessels intercepted fishing boats carrying Jacobite fugitives and supplies. Several small engagements occurred when boats carrying armed Jacobites were intercepted. The naval cordon was specifically designed to prevent Prince Charles reaching a French ship — though he eventually escaped from Loch nan Uamh in September 1746 when the naval cordon was briefly broken.
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