HMS Sheldrake explained
HMS Sheldrake may refer to one of several Royal Navy ships named after the Sheldrake duck:[1] [2]
- was a launched in 1806 and sold in 1817.
- was a launched in 1825 that became a Post Office Packet Service packet, sailing out of Falmouth, Cornwall. She was sold in 1855.
- was a gunboat of the Albacore class built by W & H Pitcher in Northfleet and launched in 1855 and sold in 1865 in Montevideo. In 1861 she was deployed in the South Atlantic during the Christie crisis with Brazil.
- was a launched in 1875. Renamed HMS Drake in 1888 and WV 29 in 1893, the vessel reverted to HMS Drake in 1906 before being sold later that year.
- was a launched in 1889 and sold for breaking in 1907.
- was an launched in 1911 and sold for breaking up in 1921.
- was a sloop launched in 1937 and sold in 1946.
Notes and References
- Book: Colledge . J. J. . Ben . Warlow . Ships of the Royal Navy: a Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present . Chatham . London . 2006 . 978-1-85367-566-9 . 320.
- Book: Manning . Thomas Davys . Walker . Charles Frederick . British Warship Names . London . Putnam . 1959 . 780274698 . 485.