HMS Pigmy (1810)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Pigmy.
Pigmy
History
UK
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:
  • 82 ft 10 in (25.2 m) (overall)
  • 70 ft 8 3⁄8 in (21.5 m) (keel)
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

Career

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.[Note 1][Note 2] After the Battle of Lake Borgne, Nymphe, Thistle, Aetna, Meteor, Herald and Pigmy, 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]

Fate

She was reconverted to a cutter in 1817. She was sold at Plymouth on 21 May 1823.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

  1. A first-class share of the prize money was worth £34 12s 9¼d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 7s 10¾d.[3]
  2. 'Notice is hereby given to the officers and companies of His Majesty's ships Aetna, Alceste, Anaconda, Armide, Asia, Bedford, Belle Poule, Borer, Bucephalus, Calliope, Carron, Cydnus, Dictator, Diomede, Dover, Fox, Gorgon, Herald, Hydra, Meteor, Norge, Nymphe, Pigmy, Ramillies, Royal Oak, Seahorse, Shelburne, Sophie, Thames, Thistle, Tonnant, Trave, Volcano, and Weser, that they will be paid their respective proportions of prize money.'

Citations

  1. Winfield (2008), p. 267.
  2. "No. 16508". The London Gazette. 27 July 1811. p. 1458.
  3. "No. 17730". The London Gazette. 28 July 1821. p. 1561.
  4. "No. 16991". The London Gazette. 9 March 1815. pp. 449–451.
  5. Fraser & Carr-Laughton (1930), p. 294.

References

  • Fraser, Edward & Carr-Laughton, L. G. (1930). The Royal Marine Artillery 1804–1923, Volume 1 [1804–1859]. London: The Royal United Services Institution. OCLC 4986867.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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