- Citations and references
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=UK | Ship flag= | Ship name=HMS Dove | Ship namesake= | Ship builder= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship acquired=21 May 1805 by purchase | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship honours= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=Captured 5 August 1805 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Winfield|2008|p=370}} | Ship type=Schooner | Ship tons burthen=103 (bm) | 68|ft|0|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | 19|ft|4+1/2|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | 6|ft|0|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship draught= | Ship propulsion=Sail | Ship speed= | Ship complement=17 | Ship armament=4 × 12-pounder carronades | Ship notes=
}} | HMS Dove was a mercantile vessel of unknown name or origin. The Admiralty purchased her on 21 May 1805 and registered her on 28 May. She underwent fitting at Deptford for foreign service between 21 May and 3 July. Lieutenant Alexander Boyack commissioned her.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=370}} Capture: Boyack was in command on 5 August when Dove was in the Bay of Biscay, bound for Gibraltar. At 3a.m. Dove sighted a large vessel ahead. As Dove tried to escape she lost one man overboard. Dove was unable to escape and when the enemy vessel came alongside and prepared to fire a broadside Dove struck. Her captor proved to be the 22-gun Gloire.{{sfnp|Hepper|1994|p=115}} Citations and referencesCitationsReferences- Hepper, David J. (1994) British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). {{ISBN|0-948864-30-3}}
- {{cite book |first=Rif|last=Winfield|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|year=2008|isbn=1-86176-246-1}}
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