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.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Wolf.

The Wolf (late of the Royal Navy) making Signal and laying to, for a Pilot off Dover in 1828
History
UK
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: 252​54⁄94 (bm)
Length:
  • Overall: 92 ft (28.0 m)
  • Keel: 72 ft 6 5⁄8 in (22.1 m)
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:

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.[2] 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.[3]

Commercial service

Wolf paid off in 1825. The Admiralty listed her for sale at Plymouth on 27 January 1825,[4] and she sold that same day to Thomas S. Benson for £3,1000.[1]

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.[5]

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 and references

Citations

  1. Winfield (2008), p. 310.
  2. Parry (1851), p. 420.
  3. Marshall (1832), Vol. 3, Part 2, p. 143.
  4. "No. 18097". The London Gazette. 8 January 1825. p. 44.
  5. "The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 16 September 1837, p.2". Retrieved 26 August 2010.

References

  • Marshall, John (1823–1835) Royal naval biography, or, Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains, and commanders, whose names appeared on the Admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the present year 1823, or who have since been promoted ... (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown).
  • Parry, Edward (1851) Royal visits and progresses to Wales, and the border counties.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1861762461.
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