HMS ''Sheldrake'' may refer to one of several
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
ships named after the
Sheldrake duck:
* was a launched in 1806 and sold in 1817.
* was a launched in 1825 that became a
Post Office Packet Service
The Post Office Packet Service dates to Tudor times and ran until 1823, when the Admiralty assumed control of the service. Originally, the General Post Office, Post Office used packet ships to carry mail packets to and from British embassies, col ...
packet
Packet may refer to:
* A small container or pouch
** Packet (container), a small single use container
** Cigarette packet
** Sugar packet
* Network packet, a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-mode computer network
* Packet radio, a form ...
, sailing out of
Falmouth, Cornwall
Falmouth ( ; ) is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Falmouth was founded in 1613 by the Killigrew family on a site near the existing Pendennis Castle. It developed as a po ...
. She was sold in 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.
* was a 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.
* was a launched in 1889 and sold for breaking in 1907.
* was an launched in 1911 and sold for breaking up in 1921.
* was a
sloop launched in 1937 and sold in 1946.
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Royal Navy ship names