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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=[1] | Ship class=Cuckoo-class schooner | Ship type= | {{fraction|1|94}}}} (bm) | 56|ft|4|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (overall)- {{convert|42|ft|4+1/8|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (keel)
| 18|ft|3|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | 5|ft|1+1/2|in|m|1|abbr=on}}- Laden: {{convert|7|ft|6+1/2|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
| 8|ft|5|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship sail plan=Schooner | Ship propulsion= | Ship complement=20 | Ship armament= 4 x 12-pounder carronades | Ship notes=
}} | {{otherships|HMS Wagtail}}HMS Wagtail was a Royal Navy Cuckoo-class schooner of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. She was built by James Lovewell at Great Yarmouth and launched in 1806.[1] Like many of her class and the related Ballahoo-class schooners, she succumbed to the perils of the sea relatively early in her career. She was commissioned in 1806 under Lieutenant William Cullis.[1] She was wrecked on 13 February 1807 at Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel in the Azores, three hours after her sister ship {{HMS|Woodcock|1806|2}} was wrecked, and near Woodcock's water-logged remains.[2] Both vessels had been anchored in the shelter of an islet off the town when a gale came up. Because of the storm they were unable to clear the land.[2] Wagtail{{'}}s cables held until 8pm. Then her cables parted, and with waves breaking over her, Cullis ran her ashore. One man of the 18 men in her crew drowned.[3]Citations and referencesCitations1. ^1 2 Winfield (2008), p.361.
2. ^1 Gossett (1986), pp.56-7).
3. ^Hepper (1994), p.117.
References- Gossett, William Patrick (1986) The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. (London:Mansell).{{ISBN|0-7201-1816-6}}
- 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|year=2008|isbn=1-86176-246-1}}
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