HMS Pictou

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pictou, named for Pictou, Nova Scotia:

HMS Pictou was a 14-gun privateer or letter of marque that the Royal Navy captured in 1813. The USS Constitution captured and burnt her off Barbados in February 1814.
HMS Pictou was a 14-gun schooner, previously the American privateer Zebra, which HMS Pyramus captured on 20 April 1813. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1814 and sold her in 1818.

See also

HMCS Pictou

References

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