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====''Doris''====
[[File:HMS Doris rounding to under all sail to pick up a man RMG PU6140 (cropped).jpg|[[HMS Doris (1808)|''Doris'']] rounding to, to pick up a [[man overboard]] in 1828|thumb]]
[[HMS Doris (1808)|''Doris'']] was originally named ''Salsette'' while under construction, but was later renamed ''Pitt''. The ship was finally named ''Doris'' on 26 August 1807 after the Royal Navy accepted her. She was commissioned at Bombay in 1808 by Captain [[Christopher Cole (Royal Navy officer)|Christopher Cole]], joining the East Indies Station.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=378}} In 1810 Cole was replaced by Captain [[William Lye]], and the ship participated in the invasion of Isle de France in December of that year.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=378}}{{sfnp|James|1826|p=474}} Continuing on station, she was also present at the [[Invasion of Java (1811)|capture of Java]] in September 1811.{{sfnp|James|1837d|p=33}} In the following year ''Doris'' came under the command of Commander John Harper to sail home. She arrived at Plymouth on 8 November and between December 1812 and March 1813 was refitted. Recommissioned in January of the latter year under Captain Robert O'Brien, the ship sailed to the [[China Station]] on 25 March. O'Brien left the ship in 1815 and in the following year was replaced by Captain John Allen.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=378}}
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