HMS Dominica (1805)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Dominica
Acquired1805 (by purchase)
Captured21 May 1806 (by mutineers)
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameNapoléon
Acquired21 May 1806 by capture
Captured24 May 1806
United Kingdom
NameHMS Dominica
Acquired24 May 1806 (by capture)
FateBroken up 1808
General characteristics
Tons burthen85 bm
PropulsionSails
Sail planSchooner or brig
Armament6 guns

HMS Dominica was a schooner that the British purchased in 1805 in the Leeward Islands.[Note 1] Her crew mutinied in 1806, turning her over to the French, who immediately sent her out as the privateer Napoléon. The British recaptured her four days after the mutiny and returned her to their service. In British service she captured some six small privateers. She was broken up in 1808.
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