HMS Wagtail (1806)
| History | |
|---|---|
 UK | |
| Name | HMS Wagtail |
| Ordered | 11 December 1805 |
| Builder | James Lovewell, Great Yarmouth |
| Laid down | February 1806 |
| Launched | 12 April 1806 |
| Fate | Wrecked 13 February 1807 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cuckoo-class schooner |
| Tonnage | 75 1/94 bm |
| Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 56 ft 4 in (17.17 m) (overall) 42 ft 4.125 in (12.9 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 18 ft 3 in (5.56 m) |
| Draught |
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| Depth of hold | 8 ft 5 in (2.57 m) |
| Sail plan | Schooner |
| Complement | 20 |
| Armament | 4 x 12-pounder Carronades |
HMS Wagtail was a Royal Navy Cuckoo-class schooner of 4 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. She was built by James Lovewell at Great Yarmouth and launched in 1806.[1] Like many of her class and the related Ballahoo-class schooners, she succumbed to the perils of the sea relatively early in her career.
She was commissioned in 1806 under Lieut. William Cullis.[1] She was wrecked 13 February 1807 at Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel in the Azores, three hours after her sister ship Woodcock was wrecked, and near Woodcock's water-logged remains.[2] 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. Wagtail lost one man of the 18 men in her crew.[2]
References
- Gossett, William Patrick (1986) The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. (London:Mansell).ISBN 0-7201-1816-6
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1861762461.