HMS Sheldrake

HMS Sheldrake may refer to one of several Royal Navy ships named after the Sheldrake duck:

HMS Sheldrake (1806) was a Seagull-class brig-sloop launched in 1806 and sold in 1817.
HMS Sheldrake (1825) was a Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1825 that became a Post Office Packet Service packet, sailing out of Falmouth, Cornwall. She was sold in 1855.
HMS Sheldrake (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.
HMS Sheldrake (1875) was a Forester-class gunboat 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.
HMS Sheldrake (1889) was a Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat launched in 1889 and sold for breaking in 1907.
HMS Sheldrake (1911) was an Acorn-class destroyer launched in 1911 and sold for breaking up in 1921.
HMS Sheldrake (L06) was a Kingfisher-class sloop launched in 1937 and sold in 1946.

References

↑ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: a Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present. London: Chatham. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-85367-566-9.
↑ Manning, Thomas Davys; Walker, Charles Frederick (1959). British Warship Names. London: Putnam. p. 485. OCLC 780274698.

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[1] Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: a Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present. London: Chatham. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-85367-566-9.

[2] Manning, Thomas Davys; Walker, Charles Frederick (1959). British Warship Names. London: Putnam. p. 485. OCLC 780274698.