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HMS Sealark (1806)

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United Kingdom
flag	[[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	60px	Royal Navy Ensign]]
name	HMS Sealark
ordered	11 December 1805
builder	William Wheaton, Brixham
laid_down	February 1806
launched	1 August 1806
fate	Foundered 18 June 1809
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
header_caption
class	Cuckoo-class schooner
tons_burthen	75 (bm)
length	*56 ft (overall)
* {{convert	42	ft	4+1/4	in	m	1	abbr	on}} (keel)
beam	18 ft
draught	*Unladen: 3 ft
* Laden: {{convert	7	ft	8	in	m	1	abbr	on}}
hold_depth	8 ft
sail_plan	Schooner
complement	20
armament	4 × 12-pounder carronades

42 ft (keel)
Laden: 7 ft

'*HMS Sealark''' was a Royal Navy Cuckoo-class schooner armed with four 12-pounder carronades and manned by a crew of 20. She was built by William Wheaton at Brixham and launched in 1806. Like many of her class and the related *Ballahoo''-class schooners, she succumbed to the perils of the sea relatively early in her career.

Service

She was commissioned in October 1806 under Lieutenant Thomas Banks for service in the North Sea. Sealark was at the surrender of the Danish Fleet after the Battle of Copenhagen on 7 September. The prize money amounted to £3 8s for an ordinary seaman, or slightly over two months wages. In 1809 she came under the command of Lieutenant James Procter.

Fate

On 18 June 1809 she was sailing in company with in the North Sea. A heavy sea swamped her and she sank immediately. Only one member of her crew survived. On 29 June 1809 The Times printed the following: "The Sealark schooner has been upset on the coast of Holland and all hands on board, excepting one man, unfortunately perished."

Citations

References

{{London Gazette. (11 July 1809)

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