HMS Wolf (1814)
The Wolf (late of the Royal Navy) making Signal and laying to, for a Pilot off Dover in 1828 | |
| 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 | |
| Class & type | Crocus-class brig-sloop |
| Type | Brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 25254⁄94, or 263, 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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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.