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} |} HMS ''Sealark'' was a Royal Navy ''Cuckoo''-class schooner of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. She was built by William Wheaton at Brixham and launched in 1806.〔Winfield (2008), p.361.〕 Like many of her class and the related ''Ballahoo''-class schooners, she succumbed to the perils of the sea relatively early in her career. ==Service== She was commissioned in October 1806 under Lieutenant Thomas Banks for the North Sea. ''Sealark'' was at the surrender of the Danish Fleet after the Battle of Copenhagen on 7 September. The prize money amounted to £3 8s for an ordinary seaman, or slightly over two months wages. In 1809 she came under the command of Lieutenant James Procter.〔 ==Fate== On 18 June 1809 she was sailing in company with in the North Sea.〔Gossett (1986), p.72.〕 A heavy sea swamped her and she sank immediately. Only one member of her crew survived.〔Hepper (1994), p.129.〕 On 29 June 1809 ''The Times'' printed the following: "The ''Sealark'' schooner has been upset on the coast of Holland and all hands on board, excepting one man, unfortunately perished."〔Grocott (1997), p.279.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Sealark (1806)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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