HMS Woodcock (1806)
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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Woodcock |
| Ordered: | 11 December 1805 |
| Builder: | Crane & Holmes, Great Yarmouth |
| Laid down: | February 1806 |
| Launched: | 11 April 1806 |
| Fate: | Wrecked 13 February 1807 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cuckoo-class schooner |
| Tonnage: | 75 1/94 bm |
| Length: |
56 ft 2 in (17.12 m) (overall) 42 ft 4.125 in (12.9 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 18 ft 5 in (5.61 m) |
| Draught: |
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| Depth of hold: | 8 ft 5 in (2.57 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Schooner |
| Complement: | 20 |
| Armament: | 4 x 12-pounder Carronades |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Woodcock.
HMS Woodcock (1805) was a Royal Navy Cuckoo-class schooner of 4 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. Crane & Holmes built and launched her at Great Yarmouth 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. Isaac Charles Smith Collett.[1] She was wrecked 13 February 1807 at Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel in the Azores. She and her sister ship Wagtail had anchored there when a gale came up. Because of the storm it was impossible to clear the land and she went aground at 5pm when her anchors parted. She lost two of her crew of 18.[2] Wagtail was wrecked three hours latter.
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.
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