HMS Sealark (1811)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Sealark.

Plans for HMS Sealark, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London[1]
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Sealark
Launched1811
AcquiredBy capture 1811
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with clasp "Sealark 21 July 1812"[2]
FateSold 1820
General characteristics [3]
Type10-gun schooner
Tons burthen178 (bm)
Length
  • 79 ft 6 in (24.2 m) (overall);
  • 68 ft 0+7⁄8 in (20.7 m) (keel)
Beam22 ft 8 in (6.9 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 10 in (3.0 m)
Complement50
Armament10 × 12-pounder carronades

HMS Sealark (or Sea Lark) was the American schooner Fly, launched in 1801 or 1811, that HMS Scylla captured in 1811. The Royal Navy took her into service as a 10-gun schooner. She participated in one notable single-ship action in 1812 that in 1847 the Admiralty recognized with a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal. She was sold in 1820.

  1. ^ "Sealark' (1811) | Royal Museums Greenwich".
  2. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 244.
  3. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 367.