HMS Woodlark (1808)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Woodlark
Namesake	Woodlark
Ordered	31 December 1807
Builder	William Rowe, St Peter's Yard, Newcastle upon Tyne[1]
Laid down	March 1808
Launched	17 November 1808
Commissioned	May 1809
Fate	Sold
United Kingdom
Name	Woodlark
Acquired	1818 by purchase
Fate	Still sailing 1857
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Cherokee-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	Originally: 23726⁄94, or 238[3] (bm) After 1838: 245, or 265, or 274 (bm)
Length	Overall:90 ft 0 in (27.4 m) Keel:73 ft 6+3⁄4 in (22.4 m) (keel)
Beam	24 ft 7+1⁄2 in (7.5 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 10+1⁄2 in (3.3 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	75
Armament	8 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers

HMS Woodlark was launched in 1808 and commissioned in 1809. The Royal Navy sold her in 1818. She then became a merchantman with her new owners retaining her name. From 1820/1821 she became a whaler, sailing out of Port Jackson. She was still sailing as late as the late 1850s.