HMS Doris (1808)

HMS "Doris" was a 36-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy between 1808 and 1829. She was the second ship of the Royal Navy to be named after the mythical Greek sea nymphe Doris.

She was originally built as an East Indiaman in Bombay in 1807. She was launched as "Salsette", but was renamed "Pitt" later that year. She was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1808 and renamed HMS "Doris".

HMS "Doris" initially saw service in the Malacca Straits and the South China Sea, and was involved in the Mauritius Campaign of 1810. After a trip to Chile in 1821, she was mainly active on the South American side of the Atlantic Ocean until she was sold out of the service in 1829.

During her 21 years in the Royal Navy she had eight captains. One of them was Barrington Reynolds, who commanded her for a short period in 1812, between his commands of HMS "Sir Francis Drake" and HMS "Bucephalus". Another was Thomas Graham, who died on route to Chile in 1822, with his wife, the travel writer Maria Graham, on board.

By the late 1820s, her decayed timbers made her unfit for further service, and she was sold at Valparaiso in April 1829.

References

*Colledge
*Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif, The Sail and Steam Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889, pub Chatham, 2004, ISBN 1-86176-032-9

External links

* [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=0766 Ships of the Old Navy]