This article is about ships of the Royal Navy. For the island, see
Dominica.
Four vessels of
Britain's
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dominica, named for the island of
Dominica.
HMS Dominica (1805) was a schooner purchased in 1805, whose crew mutinied in 1806 and turned her over to the French who sent her out as the privateer Napoleon. Within four days of the mutiny
Wasp had recaptured her; she was taken back into service under her original name and broken up in 1808.
HMS Dominica (1807) was the privateer schooner Tape a L’Oeil, which
HMS Superieure captured in 1807. Dominica was lost in a hurricane off
Tortola in August 1809.
HMS Dominica (1810) was the French privateer schooner Duc de Wagram, which the
Royal Navy captured in 1809 and purchased the next year. The American privateer
Decatur captured her in 1813, but
Majestic recaptured her in 1814. She was recommissioned and was wrecked on the Bermuda Reefs off Bermuda in 1815 while escorting a convoy.
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
This article is about ships of the Royal Navy. For the island, see
Dominica.
Four vessels of
Britain's
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dominica, named for the island of
Dominica.
HMS Dominica (1805) was a schooner purchased in 1805, whose crew mutinied in 1806 and turned her over to the French who sent her out as the privateer Napoleon. Within four days of the mutiny
Wasp had recaptured her; she was taken back into service under her original name and broken up in 1808.
HMS Dominica (1807) was the privateer schooner Tape a L’Oeil, which
HMS Superieure captured in 1807. Dominica was lost in a hurricane off
Tortola in August 1809.
HMS Dominica (1810) was the French privateer schooner Duc de Wagram, which the
Royal Navy captured in 1809 and purchased the next year. The American privateer
Decatur captured her in 1813, but
Majestic recaptured her in 1814. She was recommissioned and was wrecked on the Bermuda Reefs off Bermuda in 1815 while escorting a convoy.
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.