&sq=&lang=&file=File:John_Cleveley_the_Elder_-_The_%27Royal_Caroline%27.jpg) Stork was designed to the dimensions and shape of HMY Royal Caroline (depicted, by John Cleveley the Elder, 1750).
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| History | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:White_Ensign_of_Great_Britain_(1707%E2%80%931800).svg){kind=small} Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Stork |
| Ordered | 14 November 1755 |
| Builder | Daniel Stow & Benjamin Bartlett, Shoreham-by-Sea |
| Laid down | early 1756 |
| Launched | 8 November 1756 |
| Completed | 8 February 1757 at Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Commissioned | September 1756 |
| In service | 1757–1758 |
| Captured | 6 August 1758 by 74-gun Palmier |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Ensign_of_France.svg){kind=small} France | |
| Name | Stork |
| Acquired | 6 August 1758 |
| Commissioned | 6 August 1758 |
| Decommissioned | December 1759 |
| Stricken | 1760 |
| Fate | Removed from service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 10-gun Alderney-class sloop |
| Tons burthen | 232 74⁄94 bm |
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| Beam | 24 ft 7 in (7.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft 10.5 in (3.3 m) |
| Sail plan | ship rig |
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HMS Stork was a 10-gun Alderney-class sloop of the Royal Navy which saw active service during the Seven Years' War. Launched in 1757, she was assigned to the Navy's Jamaica Station until August 1758 when she was captured by the French. She remained in French hands until being disarmed in 1759 and removed from service in 1760.