HMS Doterel (1880) (original) (raw)

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HMS Doterel was a Doterel-class sloop launched by the Royal Navy in 1880. She sank at anchor off Punta Arenas after an explosion on 26 April 1881. Her loss caused the deaths of 143 crew members, and there were 12 survivors. She was en route to join the Pacific Station. Her loss was initially the source of much speculation. Causes considered included an attack by the Fenians, a lost torpedo, and a coal gas explosion. An enquiry in September 1881 concluded coal gas was the cause. In November 1881, an explosion in HMS Triumph killed three men and wounded seven; it was determined to have been caused by "xerotine siccative", one of a compound commonly called "patent driers." A survivor of the Doterel explosion recalled smelling that compound shortly before the explosion. In 1883 the government determined xerotine siccative caused the first explosion on Doterel, which set off the more damaging explosion of the forward magazine. The Admiralty ordered the compound withdrawn from use in the Royal Navy and better ventilation below decks. (en)

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Sunk 26 April 1881

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Commander Richard Evans (en)

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* 2 × 7-inch (90cwt) muzzle-loading rifles * 4 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifles * 4 × machine guns * 1 × light gun (en)

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HMS Doterel (en)

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*3 × cylindrical boilers *2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine *Single screw (en)

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at from 150 tons of coal (en)

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Barque rigged (en)

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Miss Hunt-Grubbe (en)

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No 3 slip (en)

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"That Little Square Box" from The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales, 1881 (en)

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'Excuse me', returned Flannigan, but is there not some room for doubt yet as to the fate of the Dotterel? I have met men in America who asserted from their own personal knowledge that there was a coal torpedo aboard that vessel. (en)

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HMS Doterel was a Doterel-class sloop launched by the Royal Navy in 1880. She sank at anchor off Punta Arenas after an explosion on 26 April 1881. Her loss caused the deaths of 143 crew members, and there were 12 survivors. She was en route to join the Pacific Station. Her loss was initially the source of much speculation. Causes considered included an attack by the Fenians, a lost torpedo, and a coal gas explosion. An enquiry in September 1881 concluded coal gas was the cause. (en)

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HMS Doterel (1880) (en)

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