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 Sheerness () is a town and civil parish beside the mouth of the River Medway on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England. With a population of 11,938, it is the second largest town on the island after the nearby town ...

from service in September 1815 and sold for breaking up eight months later.

References

* Winfield, Rif, '' British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1793-1817'' (Seaforth Publishing, 2007) . Cormorant-class ship-sloops 1796 ships {{UK-mil-ship-stub