HMS Pigmy
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HMS Pigmy
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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named Pigmy: HMS Pigmy (1781), a 14-gun cutter captured by the French on 27 December 1781. Recaptured on 22 July 1782. Renamed HMS Lurcher on 31 May 1783 and HMS Pigmy in July 1783. Pigmy wrecked on 16 December 1796 during the night in Bigbury Bay, Devon. When she started to break up Captain A. Pullibank permitted the crew to go ashore via a hawser. Pullibank, his son, and some 10 of her crew of 60 were lost. The subsequent court martial acquitted her offi
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List of ships with the same or similar names
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Pigmy
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2023-07-22T06:55:40Z
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