French cutter Mutin (1778)

History
France
Name	Mutin
Builder	Dunkirk
Laid down	June 1778
Launched	November 1778
Captured	2 October 1779
Great Britain
Name	HMS Mutine
Acquired	2 October 1779 by capture
Renamed	HMS Pigmy 20 January 1798
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1]
Fate	Wrecked 10 August 1805
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Mutin-class cutter
Type	Cutter
Tons burthen	2159⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall: 76 ft 11+1⁄4 in (23.5 m) Keel: 59 ft 5+1⁄4 in (18.1 m)
Beam	26 ft 1 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 1 in (3.1 m)
Complement	French service: 84 (but 120 at capture) British service:70
Armament	French service: 14 guns British service: 14 × 4-pounder guns + 10 × 1⁄2-pounder swivel guns

Mutin was a 14-gun cutter of the French Navy, the lead ship of the Mutin class of five naval cutters. She was launched in 1778 and the Royal Navy captured her the next year, taking her into service as HMS Mutine. The Royal Navy renamed her HMS Pigmy in 1798. She was lost in 1805.