HMS Sealark (1806)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Sealark
Ordered	11 December 1805
Builder	William Wheaton, Brixham
Laid down	February 1806
Launched	1 August 1806
Fate	Foundered 18 June 1809
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Cuckoo-class schooner
Tons burthen	75 68⁄94 (bm)
Length	56 ft 4 in (17.2 m) (overall) 42 ft 4+1⁄4 in (12.9 m) (keel)
Beam	18 ft 4 in (5.6 m)
Draught	Unladen: 3 ft 10 in (1.2 m) Laden: 7 ft 8 in (2.3 m)
Depth of hold	8 ft 6 in (2.6 m)
Sail plan	Schooner
Complement	20
Armament	4 × 12-pounder carronades

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.^[1] Like many of her class and the related Ballahoo-class schooners, she succumbed to the perils of the sea relatively early in her career.