Maritime History

HMS Skylark (1806)

HMS Skylark was a British Royal Navy 16-gun brig-sloop of the Seagull class launched in February 1806. She served primarily in the Channel, capturing several vessels including a privateer, and taking part in one notable engagement. She grounded in May 1812 and her crew burnt her to prevent the French from capturing her.

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See also

• ▸Great South Wall
• ▸Ilizarov apparatus
• ▸HMS Monarch (1911)

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