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| Name | Skylark (1826) | Explanation | |
| Type | Packet brig | ||
| Launched | 6 May 1826 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 234 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1845 | ||
| Class | Cherokee | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1845.04.25 wrecked on Kimmeridge Ledge | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 11 January 1827 - 21 February 1830 | Commanded by Lieutenant Benjamin Aplin | ||
| 5 August 1831 | Commanded by Lieutenant Charles Pybus Ladd, Falmouth | ||
| 26 September 1837 | Commanded by Lieutenant Charles Autridge, revenue tender | ||
| 14 June 1841 | Commanded by Lieutenant John Allan Wright, Sheerness | ||
| 25 May 1843 - 25 April 1845 | Commanded by Lieutenant George Morris, coast of Scotland (until lost on Kimmeridge Ledge off Dorset) | ||
| 1 March 1847 - September 1847 | Commanded (until paying off at Chatham) by Commander Richard Dunning White, west coast of Africa | ||
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