Name HMS Stork Builder Deptford Dockyard Commissioned December 1796 Launched 29 November 1796 | Ordered 6 November 1794 Laid down December 1795 Construction started December 1795 | |
Completed 3 August 1797 at Deptford Dockyard | ||
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.
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.
References
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