Seven ships of the

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have been named ''Pigmy'': * , 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 officers and crew of the loss. * , the former 10-gun cutter HMS ''Ranger'', renamed in 1782 and sold in 1784. * , the former French cutter ''Mutin'', captured on 2 October 1779. Renamed HMS ''Mutine'' on entry into Royal Navy service. Renamed HMS ''Pigmy'' on 20 January 1798. Wrecked on 9 August 1805. * HMS ''Pigmy'', was the 16-gun cutter , renamed in 1806 and wrecked on 5 March 1807. * , a 10-gun cutter/schooner sold in 1823. * , a paddle steamer scrapped in 1879. * , a composite

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launched in 1888 and sold in 1905. * , a submarine depot ship

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