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. | ||
9 May 1864 - 31 October 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 | ||
1 August 1876 - 13 January 1877 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Captain Lindesay Brine, bringing 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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