HMS Skylark (1826)

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NameSkylark
Namesake Skylark
Ordered25 March 1823
Builder Pembroke Dockyard
Laid downMay 1825
Launched6 May 1826
Completed22 February 1827
FateWrecked, 25 April 1845
General characteristics
Class and type Cherokee-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen236 78/94 bm
Length
  • 90 ft 2 in (27.5 m) (gundeck)
  • 73 ft 9 in (22.5 m) (keel)
Beam24 ft 9 in (7.5 m)
Draught9 ft 4 in (2.8 m)
Depth11 ft (3.4 m)
Sail plan Brig
Complement
  • Royal Navy:52
  • Packet service:21
Armament
  • Royal Navy: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 8 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Packet service: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Skylark was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was wrecked in 1845.

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Construction and description

Skylark, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, [1] was ordered on 25 March 1823, laid down in May 1825 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 6 June 1826. [2] She was completed on 22 February 1827 at Plymouth Dockyard. [3]

Skylark had a length at the gundeck of 90 feet (27.4 m) and 73 feet 3 inches (22.3 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 24 feet 11 inches (7.6 m), a draught of about 9 feet 4 inches (2.8 m) and a depth of 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

  1. ↑ Colledge, p. 324
  2. 1 2 Winfield & Lyon, p. 124
  3. 1 2 Winfield, p. 1077
  4. ↑ Lloyd's Register (1827), "Falmouth Packets", Seq.No.31.
  5. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 22576. London. 29 March 1842.
  6. ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18909. London. 28 April 1845. col E-F, p. 7.

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