HMS Doterel (1808)

	Dotterell
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Doterel
Namesake	Eurasian dotterel
Ordered	31 December 1807
Builder	John Scott and Richard Blake, Bursledon
Laid down	April 1808
Launched	6 October 1808
Commissioned	October 1808
Honours and; awards	Naval General Service Medal clasp "Basque Roads 1809"
Fate	Broken up 1855
General characteristics
Type	Cruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	38611⁄94 (bm)
Length	100 ft 2 in (30.5 m) (overall); 77 ft 2+1⁄4 in (23.5 m) (keel);
Beam	30 ft 8 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 10 in (3.9 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	121
Armament	16 × 32-pounder carronades; 2 × 6-pounder long guns for bow chasers;

HMS Doterel (or Dotterel), was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the British Royal Navy. Launched on 6 October 1808, she saw action in the Napoleonic Wars and in the War of 1812. In February 1809 she took part in the Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne, then in April the Battle of Basque Roads. She was laid up in 1827 at Bermuda, but not broken up until 1855.

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