HMS Wolf (1804)

Wolf
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Wolf
Ordered27 November 1802
BuilderBenjamin Tanner, Dartmouth
Laid downApril 1803
Launched4 August 1804
FateWrecked 4 September 1806
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeMerlin-class sloop
Tons burthen3666794 bm
Length
  • 105 ft 10+14 in (32.264 m) (overall)
  • 87 ft 5 in (26.6 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft 1 in (8.56 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement121
Armament
  • Upper deck:16 × 32-poundercarronades
  • QD:6 × 12-pounder carronades
  • Fc:2 × 12-pounder carronades

HMS Wolf (or Wolfe) was a Merlin-class sloop launched at Dartmouth in 1804. She captured or destroyed four small Spanish or French privateers before she was wrecked on 4 September 1806 in the Bahamas.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), pp. 258–259.