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Two vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name, HM galley ''Pigot''. Both were acquired in 1778 during the American Revolutionary War, and both were lost that year; her crew destroyed the first to avoid her capture, and the Americans captured the second. Both were named for General Sir Robert Pigot, the general commanding the British Army at Newport, Rhode Island, during their service there. ==First galley ''Pigot''== On 16 May 1778, ''Pigot'', (or ''Pigott'') took her station in the Seconnet. ''Pigot'' was the former tender, ''Lady Parker'', a schooner, that had been fitted out as a galley. The British at Newport now had three galleys, ''Alarm'', ''Pigot'', and ''Spitfire''. They also had a new galley equipping.〔Covell (1933).〕 Earlier, Lieutenant (and future admiral and baron) James Saumarez had commanded ''Lady Parker'' for some months until 17 February 1778, when he had been given command of ''Spitfire''.〔Ross (1838), Vol. 1, p.32.〕 Lieutenant Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope, of , was appointed to command the ''Pigot'' galley. On 25 May, the British launched the two-pronged Warren and Bristol raid. ''Pigot'' supported one division, which went up Warren Creek, where they succeeded in surprising and capturing an armed galley. Five days later, 100 men of the 54th Regiment of Foot embarked on boats to attack saw mills at Fall River, Massachusetts. ''Pigot'' and some armed boats were to provide support. ''Pigot'' grounded, but the attack proceeded anyway. A sharp skirmish ensued when the troops arrived at their objective. Even so, they were able to destroy one saw mill and one grain mill, as well as a large stock of planks and boards, other buildings, some cedar boats, and so on. They then withdrew, having lost two men killed and five officers and men wounded. As the tide returned, ''Pigot'' was floated off, but as ''Flora'' towed her off, ''Flora'' lost two men killed and a lieutenant severely wounded. Between 29 May and 18 July, the British captured a number of vessels: the sloops ''Sally'' and ''Fancy'', snow ''Baron D'Ozell'', ''Olive Branch'', sloop ''Betsey'', and schooner ''Sally''. ''Pigot'' shared the prize money with , , , and . French Admiral d'Estaing's squadron arrived in Narragansett Bay on 29 July 1778 to support the American army under General George Washington during the battle of Rhode Island. On 30 July, four French ships of the line entered Narragansett Bay and positioned themselves north of Conanicut Island to support the American and French forces in the battle of Rhode Island. The arrival of the French vessels trapped several British vessels, ''Pigot'' among them. On 5 August 1778, ''Pigot'' lay anchored off Arnold's Point; Stanhope ran her ashore and set fire to her.〔Hepper (1994), p.52.〕 The Royal Navy ended up having to destroy ten of their own vessels in all.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HM galley Pigot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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