HMS Skylark

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Skylark, 1806
Type: Brig Sloop ; Armament 16
Launched : 1806 ; Disposal date or year : 3 May 1812
Disposal Details : Wrecked near Boulogne : crew saved, Captain James Boxer
Notes:

8 Nov 1807 in company with the Countess of Elgin and Trompeuse at the capture of Le Renard French Privateer, �-� Lennel, Commander.

30 Jul 1808 prize money resulting from the capture of Le Renard, French privateer, due for payment.

Deal 3 Feb 1811 arrived with the brig Atherid, of Whitehaven, which she retook.

Deal 27 Mar 1811 departed on a cruise.

Portsmouth 2 Sep 1811 arrived with convoy from the Downs.

Portsmouth 6 Sep 1811 departed for the Downs.

Deal 12 Sep 1811 departed to resume her station.

Deal 25 Sep 1811 arrived having been driven off her station by a gale.

Deal 26 Sep 1811 departed to resume her station off the French coast.

Deal 8 Oct 1811 departed on a cruise off the French coast.

Plymouth 9 Nov 1811 Put back with the convoy due to the nature of the weather.

Deal 2 Dec 1811 arrived, having been driven off her station by stress of weather, sailing later in the day to resume her station, the gale having abated.

Deal 24 Mar 1812 arrived from a cruise.

3 May 1812 Castilian, Bermuda and Rinaldo departed from Dungeness with a view to helping the Skylark and Apelles, reported to be on shore to the westward of Boulogne where they were joined by the Phipps on the 4th. Finding the Apelles in the hands of the French she was driven on shore and subsequently re-captured by the ships' boats. The crew of the Skylark were also rescued, having set their ship on fire.