HMS Stork (1796)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Stork.

HMS Stork was a 16-gun ship sloop of the Cormorant class in the Royal Navy, ordered in November 1794 to a joint design by Sir John Henslow and William Rule, launched in 1796 at Deptford Dockyard.

Stork
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Stork
Ordered	6 November 1794
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	December 1795
Launched	29 November 1796
Completed	3 August 1797 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned	December 1796
Out of service	Sold 30 May 1816
Honours & awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Martinique"[1]
General characteristics
Class & type	16-gun Cormorant-class ship sloop
Tons burthen	426 92⁄94 (bm)
Length	108 ft 4 in (33.0 m) (gun deck) 90 ft 8+3⁄8 in (27.6 m) (keel)
Beam	29 ft 9 in (9.1 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Sloop
Complement	121
Armament	Upper deck: 16 × 6-pdrs + 12 × 1⁄2-pdr swivels

Career

She was commissioned in December 1796 under Commander Richard Pearson. Under various commanding officers, she served during the rest of the French Revolutionary War and subsequently throughout the Napoleonic War, being paid off at Sheerness from service in September 1815 and sold for breaking up eight months later.

Stork engaging the French brig Cygne and two armed schooners anchored off the Pearl Rock, Martinique, on 12 December 1808. John Christian Schetky