British sloop 'Wolf' (1699)

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Wolf
Nominal Guns	2	B028
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	1.7.1699	BWAS-1603
Acquired	2.11.1699	BWAS-1603
Shipyard	Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth	BWAS-1603
Ship Class	Bonetta Group	B028
Constructor	Elias WaffeBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1693-1702	BWAS-1603
Category	Unrated	B028
Ship Type	Sloop	B028
Sold	10.4.1712	B028

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck58' 6"Imperial Feet17.6975
Length of Keel48' 0"Imperial Feet14.6304
Breadth16' 6"Imperial Feet4.9022
Depth in Hold6' 0"Imperial Feet1.8288
Burthen65 ⁴⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1699Broadside Weight = 2.5 Imperial Pound ( 1.1339 kg)BWAS-1603
Gun Deck2 British Falconet
Gun Deck4 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1.7.169950Design Complement

6 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
25.10.1699 - 8.2.1701/2Commander: on board from 13.11.1699 ADM 6/6/15BWAS-16039.2.1701/2 - 11.3.1701/2Commander ADM 6/7/7ADM 6/712.3.1701/2 - 24.6.1704Commander† Discharged Dead ADM 6/7/18BWAS-160320.11.1704 - 19.6.1708Commander ADM 6/8/113BWAS-16037.7.1708 - 26.11.1710Commander Transfered ADM 6/9/174BWAS-160328.11.1710 - 27.12.1711Commander ADM 6/11/84BWAS-1603

Service History

DateEventSource
24.6.1704

Taken by a French 10-gun privateer off the Humber

BWAS-1603
17.6.1708

Retaken by the Dutch and returned after salvage was paid

BWAS-1603
19.6.1708

Taken by a French 18-gun privateer off Dublin

BWAS-1603
21.6.1708Taken by BWAS-1603
6.10.1708

Taken by the French off Land's end, but again retaken

BWAS-1603
27.12.1711Paid offADM 33
10.4.1712

Sold to John Bickford for £135

BWAS-1603

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

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