HMS Wolf (1814)
HMS Wolf was a 14-gun brig of the Royal Navy that was launched in 1814 from Woolwich Dockyard, too late for the war. The Navy sold her 1825 and she then became a merchant and whale fishing vessel. She was wrecked in the South Seas in 1837.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Wolf |
| Ordered | 8 August 1810 |
| Builder | Woolwich Dockyard (M/s Edward Sison) |
| Laid down | August 1812 |
| Launched | 16 September 1814 |
| Fate | Sold 27 January 1825 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Wolf |
| Acquired | 1825 by purchase |
| Fate | Wrecked 1837 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Crocus-class brig-sloop |
| Type | Brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 25254⁄94, or 263,[2] or 265 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 25 ft 7 in (7.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 8+1⁄2 in (3.9 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig rigged |
| Complement | 86 |
| Armament |
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Naval career
Wolf sailed to Sheerness on 22 September 1814.
Commander Bernard Yeoman commissioned her on 5 December 1819 for the Cork station. He then sailed her on 27 February 1819. She served on the Irish Station in 1819.
When His Majesty King George visited Dublin in 1821, Wolf was part of the naval escort.[3] Yeoman frequently dined with His Majesty on HMY Royal George, and while the king was in Dublin, Yeoman lived with the household, attended the king in public, and was generally considered as forming part of the royal suite.[4]
Commercial service
Wolf paid off in 1825. The Admiralty listed her for sale at Plymouth on 27 January 1825,[5] and she sold that same day to Thomas S. Benson for £3,1000.[1]
Wolf first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in the volume for 1826.[2]
She underwent several changes of ownership. She was working as a whaler in the Pacific Ocean when she hit an uncharted rock (now called Wolf Rock) on 6 August 1837 off Lord Howe Island, and sank.[6]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1826 | W. Christie | Pearl & Co. | London | |
| 1827 | W. Christie | Pearl & Co. | London | |
| 1828 | W. Christie | Pearl & Co. | London | |
| 1829 | Wilson | Captain & Co. | London & Barbados | |
| 1830 | Wilson/ J. Lewis | Captain & Co. | London–Barbados | |
| 1831 | J. Lewis | Walker | London–South Seas | |
| 1832 | J. Lewis | Walker | London–South Seas | |
| 1833 | J. Lewis | Walker | London–South Seas | |
| 1834 | J Lewis | London | ||
| 1835 | J. Lewis | London | ||
| 1836 | J. Lewis | London | ||
| 1837 | J. Lewis | London | ||
| 1838 | J. Lewis | London | ||
Citations
- Winfield (2008), p. 310.
- LR (1826), Seq.No.W462.
- Parry (1851), p. 420.
- Marshall (1832), p. 143.
- "No. 18097". The London Gazette. 8 January 1825. p. 44.
- "The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 16 September 1837, p.2". Retrieved 26 August 2010.
References
- Marshall, John (1832). . Royal Naval Biography. Vol. 3, part 2. London: Longman and company. p. 142–145.
- Parry, Edward (1851). Royal Visits and Progresses to Wales, and the border counties of Cheshire, Salop, Hereford, and Monmouth, from the first invasion of Julius Cæsar to the ... visit of ... Queen Victoria. Containing a succinct history of the country and people ... (2nd ed.). OCLC 563628190.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1861762467.