Английская Википедия:HMS Skylark (1826)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS Skylark was a 10-gun Шаблон:Sclass built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was wrecked in 1845.
Construction and description
Skylark, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[1] was ordered on 25 March 1823, laid down in May 1825 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 6 June 1826.[2] She was completed on 22 February 1827 at Plymouth Dockyard.[3]
Skylark had a length at the gundeck of Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert at the keel. She had a beam of Шаблон:Convert, a draught of about Шаблон:Convert and a depth of hold of Шаблон:Convert. The ship's tonnage was 234 67/94 tons burthen.[3] The Cherokee class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and eight 18-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 52 officers and ratings.[2]
Career
The Royal Navy had taken over the Post Office Packet Service and she became a Falmouth packet.[4]
On 25 March 1842, Skylark was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and taken into port.[5]
Fate
On 25 April 1845, Skylark was driven ashore and wrecked at St Alban's Head, Dorset. Her crew survived.[6]
Notes
References
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- ↑ Colledge, p. 324
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Winfield & Lyon, p. 124
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Winfield, p. 1077
- ↑ Lloyd's Register (1827), "Falmouth Packets", Seq.No.31.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite newspaper The Times
