HMS Lark (1794)

Lark
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Lark
Ordered	18 February 1793
Builder	Thomas Pitcher, Northfleet
Laid down	May 1793
Launched	15 February 1794
Completed	22 April 1794 at Woolwich Dockyard
Commissioned	March 1794
Fate	August 1809
General characteristics
Class and type	16-gun Cormorant-class sloop
Tons burthen	426+61⁄94 bm
Length	108 ft 7 in (33.1 m) (overall) 91 ft 0+5⁄8 in (27.8 m) (keel)
Beam	29 ft 9 in (9.1 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft (2.74 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Sloop
Complement	121
Armament	16 × 6-pounder guns 12 × ½-pounder swivels

HMS Lark was a 16-gun ship sloop of the Cormorant class, launched in 1794 at Northfleet. She served primarily in the Caribbean, where she took a number of prizes, some after quite intensive action. Lark foundered off San Domingo in August 1809, with the loss of her captain and almost all her crew.