HMS Dominica (1810)

	Decatur captures Dominica
History
France
Name	Duc de Wagram
Namesake	Louis-Alexandre Berthier
Launched	c.1805 (Chesapeake Bay)
Notes	Privateer
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Dominica
Acquired	1809 by capture; purchased and registered 1810
Captured	5 August 1813
France
Name	Dominique
Namesake	Dominica
Acquired	August 1813 by capture
Captured	May 1814
Notes	Privateer
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Dominica
Acquired	22 May 1814 (by capture)
Fate	Wrecked 15 August 1815
General characteristics
Type	schooner
Tons burthen	20325⁄95 (bm)
Length	89 ft 6+1⁄2 in (27.292 m) (overall); 71 ft 8+5⁄8 in (21.860 m) (keel)
Beam	23 ft 1 in (7.04 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 3+3⁄4 in (2.838 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Schooner
Complement	British service: 88 (including a sergeant, corporal and 13 Royal Marines) ; American letter of marque: 38;
Armament	French privateer: 14 guns; British service: 12 x 12-pounder carronades + 2 x 6-pounder bow chasers; American letter of marque: 4 x 6-pounder guns;

HMS Dominica was the French letter of marque schooner Duc de Wagram, which the British captured in 1809 in the Leeward Islands and took into the Royal Navy in 1810. The American privateer Decatur captured her in 1813 in a notable single-ship action. However, Majestic recaptured her in 1814. She was wrecked in 1815

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