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HMS Woodcock (1806)

UK Cuckoo-class naval schooner 1806–1807

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country	United Kingdom
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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
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
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class	Cuckoo-class schooner
tons_burthen	75 (bm)
length	*56 ft (overall)
*{{convert	42	ft	4+1/8	in	m	1	abbr	on}} (keel)
beam	18 ft
draught	*Unladen: 5 ft
*Laden: {{convert	7	ft	6	in	m	1	abbr	on}}
hold_depth	8 ft
sail_plan	Schooner
complement	20
armament	4 × 12-pounder Carronades

42 ft (keel)
Laden: 7 ft

'*HMS Woodcock''' was a Royal Navy *Cuckoo''-class schooner. Crane & Holmes built and launched her at Great Yarmouth in 1806. Like many of her class and the related s, she succumbed to the perils of the sea relatively early in her career.

She was commissioned in 1806 under Lieutenant Isaac Charles Smith Collett. She was wrecked 13 February 1807 at Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel in the Azores. She and her sister ship had anchored there when a gale came up. Because of the storm it was impossible to clear the land and at 5pm Collett ran her ashore after her anchors had parted and water was continuously washing over her. Lines were passed to the shore and all her crew made it safely to land. Wagtail was wrecked three hours later.

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