HMS Volador was an ex-Spanish prize that the Royal Navy acquired in 1807 in the West Indies.
[1] Lloyd's List (LL) reported on 27 January 1809 that the "Brig of War" Volador, of 18 guns, and a Spanish schooner, had been lost on 24 October 1808 in the Gulf of Cora.
[2][3] One account describes Volador as a sloop-of-war, and reports that one man was lost in her sinking.
Attempts to lighten her failed, but her pumps kept her afloat despite the heavy surf, squalls of rain, and her beating on the rocks.
On the morning of 24 October 1808 it became apparent that she was near Cape Areekala, and that a Spanish schooner was nearby, also aground, and breaking up.