HMS Pitt (1805)

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Pitt
Acquiredby purchase 1805
RenamedHMS Sandwich in 1806
FateBroken up September 1809
General characteristics [1]
TypeSchooner
PropulsionSails
Sail planSchooner
Complement45
Armament

HMS Pitt was the mercantile schooner William and Mary, which the Admiralty bought in 1805. Pitt served briefly on the Jamaica station during the Napoleonic Wars. She participated in one notable single-ship action in which she prevailed, and captured several other vessels. The Admiralty renamed her Sandwich before having her broken up in 1809.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 370.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference James was invoked but never defined (see the help page).