HMS ''Pigmy'' was a 10-gun

schooner A schooner ( ) is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel defined by its Rig (sailing), rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more Mast (sailing), masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than t ...

of the

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. She was launched in February 1810. She served on the North Sea and North American stations before she was sold in 1823.

Career

''Pigmy'' was commissioned in April 1810 under Lieutenant Edward Moore. On 26 July, the cutters ''Pygmy'' and ran on shore and destroyed a French privateer

lugger A lugger is a sailing vessel defined by its rig, using the lug sail on all of its one or more masts. Luggers were widely used as working craft, particularly off the coasts of France, England, Ireland and Scotland. Luggers varied extensively ...

between Gravelines and Dunkirk. Later in 1811 she was converted from a cutter to a schooner. During 1812, Lieutenant William Hutchinson commanded ''Pygmy'', which served in the Downs. In the following year, she served in the Baltic. War of 1812: In 1814 ''Pygmy'' came under the command of Lieutenant Richard Crossman and served in North America. She participated in the

Battle of Lake Borgne The Battle of Lake Borgne was a coastal engagement between the Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy in the American South theatre of the War of 1812. It occurred on December 14, 1814 on Lake Borgne. The British victory allowed them to disembark their tro ...

. After the Battle of Lake Borgne, , , and ''Pigmy'' with two bomb vessels, went up the

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to create a diversion. These latter five ships were to take part in the

Siege of Fort St. Philip (1815) The siege of Fort St. Philip was a ten day long distance bombardment of exploding bomb shells - by two Royal Navy bomb vessels, mounting a total of four mortars - against the American garrison of Fort St. Philip. The fort was unable to reta ...

Fate

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

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pigmy (1810) Schooners of the Royal Navy Ships built on the River Medway 1810 ships War of 1812 ships of the United Kingdom