HMS Doterel (1808)
Dotterell | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Doterel |
| Namesake | Eurasian dotterel |
| Ordered | 31 December 1807 |
| Builder | John Scott and Richard Blake, Bursledon |
| Laid down | April 1808 |
| Launched | 6 October 1808 |
| Commissioned | October 1808 |
| Honours & awards | Naval General Service Medal clasp "Basque Roads 1809" |
| Fate | Broken up 1855 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 38611⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 30 ft 8 in (9.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 10 in (3.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 121 |
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HMS Doterel (or Dotterel), was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the British Royal Navy. Launched on 6 October 1808, she saw action in the Napoleonic Wars and in the War of 1812. In February 1809 she took part in the Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne, then in April the Battle of Basque Roads. She was laid up in 1827 at Bermuda, but not broken up until 1855.