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{{other ships|HMS Wagtail}}
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|Ship name=HMS ''Wagtail''
|Ship ordered=11 December 1805
|Ship builder=James Lovewell, [[Great Yarmouth]]
|Ship laid down=February 1806
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|Ship class={{sclass|Cuckoo|schooner}}
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|Ship tons burthen=75{{small|{{fraction|1|94}}}} ([[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]])
|Ship length=*{{convert|56|ft|4|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (overall)
*{{convert|42|ft|4+1/8|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (keel)
|Ship beam={{convert|18|ft|3|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
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'''HMS ''Wagtail''''' was a [[Royal Navy]] ''Cuckoo''-class [[schooner]] launched in 1806 by James Lovewell at Great Yarmouth.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=361}} Like many of her class and the related {{sclass|Ballahoo|schooner}}s, she succumbed to the perils of the sea relatively early in her career.

She was commissioned in 1806 under Lieutenant William Cullis.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=361}} She was wrecked on 13 February 1807 at [[Vila Franca do Campo]], [[São Miguel Island|São Miguel]] in the [[Azores]], three hours after her sister ship {{HMS|Woodcock|1806|2}} was wrecked, and near ''Woodcock's'' water-logged remains.{{sfnp|Gosset|1986|pp=56-7}} Both vessels had been anchored in the shelter of an islet off the town when a gale came up. Because of the storm they were unable to clear the land.{{sfnp|Gosset|1986|pp=56-7}}

''Wagtail{{'}}s'' cables held until 8&nbsp;pm. Then her cables parted, and with waves breaking over her, Cullis ran her ashore. One man of the 18 men in her crew drowned.{{sfnp|Hepper|2023|p=248}}

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==References==
* {{cite book|first=William Patrick|last=Gosset|year=1986|title=The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900|publisher=Mansell|isbn=0-7201-1816-6 }}
* {{cite book|last=Hepper|first=David J.|year=2023|title=British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1649-1860|publisher=Seaforth|isbn=9781399031028 }}
* {{cite book |first=Rif|last=Winfield|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth|year=2008|isbn=1-86176-246-1}}

{{Cuckoo class schooner}}
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