by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Pigot, Hugh (1823)
“ This service was performed without loss, and Captain Pigot’s arrangements met with due commendation. On the 31st Oct. following, he captured the Palineur, French national brig, of 16 guns and 79 men, near Martinique. His ship (the Circe) sustained a loss of 2 men killed and wounded, owing to the enemy having sought refuge under a battery on the Diamond rock. The Palineur paid dearly for her obstinacy, having had 7 slain and 8 wounded. At the commencement of 1809, Captain Pigot commanded the blockading squadron off Guadaloupe, and on the 10th Feb. ”
