HMS Dove (1805)

HMS Dove was a mercantile vessel of unknown name or origin. The Admiralty purchased her on 21 May 1805 and registered her on 28 May. She underwent fitting at Deptford for foreign service between 21 May and 3 July. Lieutenant Alexander Boyack commissioned her.[1]

UK
Name: HMS Dove
Acquired: 21 May 1805 by purchase
Fate: Captured 5 August 1805
General characteristics [1]
Type: Schooner
Tons burthen: 103 (bm)
Length: 68 ft 0 in (20.7 m)
Beam: 19 ft 4 12 in (5.9 m)
Depth of hold: 6 ft 0 in (1.8 m)
Propulsion: Sail
Complement: 17
Armament: 4 × 12-pounder carronades

Capture: Boyack was in command on 5 August when Dove was in the Bay of Biscay, bound for Gibraltar. At 3a.m. Dove sighted a large vessel ahead. As Dove tried to escape she lost one man overboard. Dove was unable to escape and when the enemy vessel came alongside and prepared to fire a broadside Dove struck. Her captor proved to be the 22-gun Gloire.[2]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. Winfield (2008), p. 370.
  2. Hepper (1994), p. 115.

References

  • Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
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