H.M.S. Doterel (1880)
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| H.M.S. Doterel (1880) | |
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| Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Launched: | 2 Mar, 1880[2] |
| Exploded: | 26 Apr, 1881[3] |
H.M.S. Doterel was one of nine Doterel Class composite screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Doterel was lost to a pair of explosions while anchored in Punta Arenas, Chile. As she was preparing to coal at 10am, an explosion blew a hole in her starboard side. A larger magazine explosion forward followed one minute later. The ship sank quickly with only seventeen survivors of a crew of 143. Commander Richard Evans, who had been taking a bath at the moment of the first explosion, was among the survivors.[4]
Captains
- Commander Richard Evans, – 26 April, 1881[5] (ship lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. pp. 11, 12.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. pp. 11,12.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. pp. 11, 12.
Bibliography
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