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| Name | Wolverene (1863) | Explanation | |
| Type | Corvette | ||
| Launched | 29 August 1863 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 225 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 240 |
| Builders measure | 1703 tons | ||
| Displacement | 2431 tons | ||
| Guns | 21 | ||
| Fate | 1923 | Last in commission | 1882 |
| Class | Jason | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 29 August 1863 | Launched at Woolwich Dockyard. | ||
| 7 May 1864 - 1 November 1865 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Captain Algernon Frederick Rous De Horsey, North America and West Indies | ||
| 30 December 1865 - 27 February 1868 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain Thomas Cochran, North America and West Indies | ||
| 25 October 1870 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain Henry Rushworth Wratislaw, East Indies | ||
| August 1876 - January 1877 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Captain Lindesay Brine, bring the ship out to Australia (to become commodores' flagship) | ||
| January 1877 - September 1878 | Commanded by Commodore Anthony Hiley Hoskins, Australia | ||
| 1 October 1878 - 10 March 1882 | Commanded (until paying off at Sydney) by Commodore John Crawford Wilson, Australia | ||
| 16 January 1882 | Training ship in Australia (Royal Gift to New South Wales Naval Brigade). | ||
| February 1893 | Sheer hulk. | ||
| 24 August 1923 | Sold. | ||
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