HMS Sheldrake may refer to one of several Royal Navy 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 packet, sailing out of Falmouth, Cornwall. 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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