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| Name | Wolverene (1836) | Explanation | |
| Type | Brig-sloop | ||
| Launched | 13 October 1836 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 428 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 16 | ||
| Fate | 1855 | ||
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| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1855.08.11 wrecked on Courtown Bank | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 5 January 1839 - 25 October 1840 | Commanded (until paying off) by Commander William Tucker, Mediterranean, then (March 1839) Cape of Good Hope & Coast of Africa | ||
| 26 October 1840 - 4 September 1841 | Commanded by Captain William Tucker, Cape of Good Hope & Coast of Africa | ||
| 18 December 1841 | Commanded (from commissioning at Chatham) by Commander John Samuel Willes Johnson, East Indies | ||
| 15 August 1842 - March 1844 | Commanded by Lieutenant Henry Gage Morris, East Indies | ||
| 7 September 1844 - December 1846 | Commanded by Commander William John Cavendish Clifford, East Indies | ||
| 27 October 1846 - 11 May 1847 | Commanded (until paying off at Chatham) by Commander John Charles Dalrymple Hay, East Indies | ||
| 20 September 1849 - 14 May 1852 | Commanded (from commissioning at Chatham) by Commander Maxwell Falcon, west coast of Africa | ||
| 9 May 1854 - 26 November 1855 | Commanded by Commander John Corbett, North America and West Indies (until wrecked on Courtown Bank, 160 miles from Greytown, all saved) | ||
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