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HMS Pigmy was a Pigmy-class 10-gun schooner of the Royal Navy. She was launched in February 1810. She served on the North Sea and North American stations before she was sold in 1823.
Pigmy | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Pigmy |
Ordered | 2 October 1809 |
Builder | John King, Upnor |
Laid down | November 1809 |
Launched | 24 February 1810 |
Commissioned | 25 June 1810 |
Fate | Sold at Plymouth on 21 May 1823 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Pigmy-class 10-gun schooner |
Tons burthen | 196 73⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 22 ft 11 in (7.0 m) |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 1 in (3.1 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Complement | 60 |
Armament | 10 × 12-pounder carronades |
Pigmy was commissioned in April 1810 under Lieutenant Edward Moore.[1] On 26 July, the cutters Pygmy and Decoy ran on shore and destroyed a French privateer lugger between Gravelines and Dunkirk.[2] Later in 1811 she was converted from a cutter to a schooner.[1]
During 1812, Lieutenant William Hutchinson commanded Pygmy, which served in the Downs. In the following year, she served in the Baltic.[1]
War of 1812: In 1814 Pygmy came under the command of Lieutenant Richard Crossman[1] and served in North America. She participated in the Battle of Lake Borgne.[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] After the Battle of Lake Borgne, Nymphe, Thistle, Herald and Pigmy with two bomb vessels, went up the Mississippi River to create a diversion.[4] These latter five ships were to take part in the Siege of Fort St. Philip (1815).[5]
She was reconverted to a cutter in 1817. She was sold at Plymouth on 21 May 1823.[1]
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