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HMS Dominica (1807)
HMS ''Dominica'' was the French privateer schooner ''J(T?)opo L'Oeil'' (aka ''Tape à lOeil'' or ''Tape à lOeuil'' or ''Tap à lOeil'') that the British captured in 1807 in the Leeward Islands.〔British sources other than the after-action letter in the ''London Gazette'' give her name as ''Tape à LOeuil''.〕 She took part in one inconclusive single-ship action before she foundered in 1809.
==Capture==
On 17 October 1807 the British brig encountered the French schooner privateer ''Jopo L'Oeil'' about 120 leagues east of Barbados. The sanguinary engagement between the two vessels lasted an hour and a quarter, with Captain John Buller of ''Superieure'' being killed instantly by a musket ball to the head while attempting to board the privateer early in the fight. Lieutenant John G. Bird took command and continued the fight until the privateer surrendered. She had a crew of 95 men. She was pierced for 14 guns but carried only six 18-pounders plus another one on a traveling carriage. She was 32 days out of Pointe-à-Pitre Guadeloupe and had made no captures. Bird described ''Jopo L'Oeil'' as "a remarkable fine Vessel". In the fight the British lost four men killed, including Buller, and eight men wounded; the French lost five killed and 19 wounded. The brig was in sight during the engagement but was unable to close until after the fight was over. The British took the privateer into service as HMS ''Dominica''.
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