HMS Wolverine (1863)

HMS Wolverine, Sydney, July 1881.
History
NameHMS Wolverine (also HMS Wolverene)
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid down14 April 1859
Launched29 August 1863
FateGiven to Colony of New South Wales.
NameWolverine
OwnerColony of New South Wales
HomeportSydney
FateSold to Peter Ellison, Sydney for £2200.
NameWolverine
FateScrapped and hulk burnt.
General characteristics
TypeJason-class corvette
Displacement2,416 tons (as completed)
Tons burthen1,703 bm
Length
  • 225 ft 0 in (68.6 m) (gundeck)
  • 196 ft 8+1⁄2 in (60.0 m) (keel)
Beam40 ft 8 in (12.4 m) (overall)
Draught
  • 17 ft 11 in (5.5 m) (forward)
  • 20 ft 4 in (6.2 m) (aft)
Depth of hold24 ft 2 in (7.4 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion engine
  • 4 × boilers
  • 4 × furnaces
  • Single screw
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Speed11.3 knots (20.9 km/h)
Complementc.250
Armament

HMS Wolverine (also HMS Wolverene) was a Jason-class three-masted wooden screw corvette, of the Royal Navy. Later she became flagship of the Australia Station, eventually being presented to the Colony of New South Wales as a training ship for the New South Wales Naval Brigade and New South Wales Naval Artillery Volunteers.

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