Pigot (1780 Indiaman)
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| Name: | Pigot |
| Namesake: | Lord George Pigot (probably) |
| Owner: |
Voyages 1&2:Charles Foulis Voyages 3-5:Robert Preston |
| Builder: | Perry, Blackwall |
| Launched: | 1780 |
| Fate: | Captured 1794 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | East Indiaman |
| Displacement: | 765, or 762 21⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | 137 ft 2 in (41.8 m) (overall); 109 ft 5 3⁄4 in (33.4 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 3 in (11.0 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 15 ft 0 in (4.6 m) |
| Complement: | 99; 102 at capture |
| Armament: | 26 x 9 & 4-pounder guns; 30 or 32 x 9-pounders at capture |
Voyages 1&2:Charles Foulis
Pigot was an East Indiaman that made five voyages to India, China, and the East Indies for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1780 and 1794. Oh her fifth voyage, which occurred early in the French Revolutionary Wars, the French captured her during the Sunda Strait campaign of 1794.
Captain Robert Morgan left Portsmouth on 3 June 1780, bound for China and Benkulen. Pigot reached Whampoa on 2 February 1781. For her return voyage she crossed the Second Bar, about 20 miles before Whampoa, on 8 April, and was at Macao on 23 April. She reached Benkulen, where the EIC had a factory, on 1 August and Padang on 19 August, and returned to Benkulen on 25 September. She then reached St Helena on 17 December, and Plymouth on 10 March 1782. She arrived at the Downs on 31 March.
Morgan left Portsmouth on 11 March 1783, bound for Madras and Bengal. Pigot reached São Tiago on - 31 March, Johanna on 17 July, and Madras on 26 August. She arrived at Kedgeree on 10 October. Homeward bound, she passed Saugor on 15 February 1784 and reached Vizagapatam on 14 March. She stopped in again at Madras on 3 April, went to Coringa on 5 June, returned to Madras on 2 October, reached Coringa again on 25 November, was at Masulipatam on 5 January 1785, and was again at Madras on 10 January. She reached False Bay on 8 June and St Helena on 19 July. She arrived at the Downs on 9 October. On 2 May she was at the Kromme River where Morgan took the latitude and longitude as 34°09′S 26°03′E / 34.150°S 26.050°E, with the longitude being 7° 38' east of Cape Town. The correct figures for the river's mouth are 34°09′S 24°51′E / 34.150°S 24.850°E, indicating the ongoing difficulty of calculating longitude.
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