| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Class | Kingfisher |
| Pennant | L 06 / K 06 |
| Mod | Second group |
| Built by | Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 21 Jan 1936 |
| Laid down | 21 Jun 1936 |
| Launched | 28 Jan 1937 |
| Commissioned | 1 Jul 1937 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold to China on 12 August 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Sheldrake (L 06 / K 06)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Arthur Edward Tolfrey Christie, RN | 5 Apr 1938 | 21 Oct 1940 |
| 2 | Cdr. (retired) the Hon. Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin, RN | 21 Oct 1940 | 30 Jan 1941 |
| 3 | Cdr. (retired) Edmund Hugh Hopkinson, RN | 30 Jan 1941 | 28 Jun 1941 |
| 4 | Lt. Roland Chisnell Watkin, RN | 28 Jun 1941 | 2 Jun 1942 |
| 5 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Richard Popkis Chapman, RNR | 2 Jun 1942 | 18 Dec 1942 |
| 6 | Lt. Gerald Joseph Parry, RNR | 18 Dec 1942 | 13 Oct 1943 |
| 7 | T/Lt. Joseph Davidson Love, RNR | 13 Oct 1943 | 18 Dec 1943 |
| 8 | T/Lt. Thomas Charles Harrison, RNVR | 18 Dec 1943 | 22 Mar 1945 |
| 9 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. George Henry Riches, RNVR | 22 Mar 1945 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Sheldrake include:
8 Nov 1939
Around 0845A/8, HMS Queen of Bermuda (Capt.(Retd.) M.B. Birkett, DSO, RN) departed Belfast Lough for Portsmouth. She is escorted by the patrol vessels HMS Shearwater (Lt.Cdr. P.F. Powlett, RN) and HMS Sheldrake (Lt.Cdr. A.E.T. Christie, RN).
The patrol vessels parted company shortly after 1600A/8. (1)
25 Mar 1941
ORP Sokol (Kpt.mar. (Lt.Cdr.) B. Karnicki), HMS Undaunted (Lt. J.L. Livesey, RN), HMS Sealion (Cdr. B. Bryant, DSC, RN) and HMS Sunfish (Lt. G.R. Colvin, RN) departed Harwich for Portsmouth. They were escorted by HMS Sheldrake (Cdr.(Retd.) E.H. Hopkinson, RN). (2)
Sources
- ADM 53/110135
- ADM 199/400
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.