HMS Skylark (1826)
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| Name | Skylark |
| Namesake | Skylark |
| Ordered | 25 March 1823 |
| Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down | May 1825 |
| Launched | 6 May 1826 |
| Completed | 22 February 1827 |
| Fate | Wrecked, 25 April 1845 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 236 78/94 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 24 ft 9 in (7.5 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft 4 in (2.8 m) |
| Depth | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
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HMS Skylark was a 10-gun
brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy
during the 1820s. She was wrecked in 1845.
Construction and description
Skylark, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,Plymouth Dockyard.[3]
Skylark had a length at the
hold of 11 feet (3.4 m). The ship's tonnage was 234 67/94 tons burthen.[3] The Cherokee class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and eight 18-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 52 officers and ratings.[2]
Career
The Royal Navy had taken over the Post Office Packet Service and she became a Falmouth packet.[4]
On 25 March 1842, Skylark was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and taken into port.[5]
Fate
On 25 April 1845, Skylark was driven ashore and wrecked at St Alban's Head, Dorset. Her crew survived.[6]
Notes
References
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. OCLC 52620555.
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