HMS Netley was a brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, originally built and commissioned in France as the privateer brig Déterminé. Launched in Bayonne in October 1803, Déterminé was designed as a privateering vessel, with a pierce for 20 guns, though she typically carried 14, and had a crew of approximately 108 men. She undertook her first cruise in late 1803 or early 1804 and was later recommissioned around 1805 at Bordeaux. The vessel gained notoriety when she captured the Betsey, sailing from the Cape Verde Islands to Suriname, in 1806, before being taken herself into Barbadoes by the British. Her capture occurred on 18 January 1807, after a prolonged 16-hour chase in the Atlantic east of Barbados. At the time of her capture, Déterminé was armed with 14 guns and had a crew of about 108 men. Following her capture, the Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Netley. As HMS Netley, the vessel was under the command of Lieutenant Charles Burman. Her service was brief, as she was lost at sea on 10 July 1808 while stationed at the Leeward Islands. A squall caused her to capsize off Barbados, resulting in the sinking of the ship. Only nine crew members survived this disaster—one midshipman and eight crewmen—rescued by the 16-gun brig-sloop HMS Julia. The loss of HMS Netley marked a tragic end to a vessel that had a brief but notable service history, transitioning from a French privateer to a British naval asset during the Napoleonic Wars. Her sinking underscores the perilous nature of maritime service in the Age of Sail and highlights the hazards faced by ships operating in the Caribbean theater.

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