| Career (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: | 75⅟94 (bm) |
| Length: | 56 ft 4 in (17.17 m) (overall) 42 ft 4 1⁄8 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 four 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 Lieutenant William Cullis.[1] She was wrecked on 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.[2]
Wagtail's cables held until 8pm. Then her cables parted, and with waves breaking over her, Cullis ran her ashore. One man of the 18 men in her crew drowned.[3]
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