HMS Wanderer (1806)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Wanderer.
HMS Wanderer was a Cormorant-class ship-sloop launched in 1806 for the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy sold her in 1817. She made one voyage between 1817 and 1820 as a whaler in the British southern whale fishery. She then sailed between Plymouth and North America until October 1827 when her crew had to abandon her at sea because she was waterlogged.
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Wanderer | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Wanderer |
Ordered | 19 November 1805 |
Builder | James Betts, Mistleythorn |
Laid down | February 1806 |
Launched | 29 September 1806 |
Fate | Sold 1817 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Wanderer |
Port of registry | London |
Acquired | 1817 by purchase |
Honours and awards | Naval General service Medal with clasp "Guadaloupe"[1] |
Fate | Abandoned 26 October 1827 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Type | Cormorant-class ship-sloop |
Tons burthen | 43071⁄94, or 450[3] (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 29 ft 9 in (9.1 m) |
Depth of hold | 9 ft 0+1⁄2 in (2.756 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Ship-sloop |
Complement | 121 |
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