HMS Quail was a Royal Navy Cuckoo-class schooner of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20.

She was sold in 1816 into mercantile service, possibly to serve as a whaler, though she ended up trading in the South Atlantic until late in 1819.

[9] Disposal: Quail was paid off into ordinary in October 1815, and put up for sale at Plymouth on 14 December.

Quail did sail to the South Atlantic, but there is no indication that she engaged in whaling or sealing.

In 1817 and 1818 she appeared in Lloyd's List(('))s ship arrival and departure (SAD) data sailing to and from Buenos Aires, Montevideo, the Cape of Good Hope, Rio de Janeiro, and Maldonado under a succession of masters, Britten (or Briton), Tulloch, Hern, and Hunter.