HMS Sheldrake (1806)
HMS Sheldrake was a Royal Navy 16-gun Seagull-class brig-sloop. She was built in Hythe and launched in 1806. She fought in the Napoleonic Wars and at the Battle of Anholt during the Gunboat War. She was stationed in the mouth of the River Loire in 1814 after Napoleon's abdication to prevent his escape to America. She was sold in 1816.
Read more about HMS Sheldrake (1806): Channel Islands, Prize-taking, Battle of Anholt, Prize-taking in The Baltic, Fate, Footnotes