Pigot (East Indiaman)

Two vessels with the name ''Pigot'' have served the British East India Company (EIC).

* , of 766 tons ( bm), was laid down in 1757 and launched by Wells, Deptford, on 3 February 1763. She made four voyages for the EIC between 1765 and 1773.British Library: ''Pigot'' (1)
''Lloyd's Register'' for 1776 (supplemental pages), describes ''Pigot'', laid down 1757, of 700 tons, launched on the River, with A. Hutton, master, Jn Durand, owner, and trade London transport. Between 1776 and 1779, her owners hired her out as an armed escort ship and transport. They then sold her to Calvert & Co., London, who renamed her ''York''. Calvert & Co. resold her in March to the Royal Navy, which took her into service as the 14-gun storeship HMS ''York''. In 1781 ''York'' was sold to local buyers in India. ''Lloyd's Register'' for 1782 shows ''York'' (ex-''Pigot'') with owner Calvert & Co., master R. Brewer, trade Cork transport, and armament as 20 × 9 and 6 × 6-pounder guns.
* was launched in 1780. She made five voyages to India, China, and the East Indies for the EIC. On her fifth voyage, in 1794, the French captured her at Bencoolen.

The EIC was having a third ''Pigot'' built in 1795, but the British Royal Navy purchased her while she was on the stocks and took her into service as .

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