HMS Wanderer was a 16-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. The ship was part of the West Africa Squadron stationed at Sierra Leone.
 Wanderer
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Wanderer |
| Launched | 10 July 1835 |
| Completed | 7 Oct 1835[1] |
| Out of service | 1850 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 16-gun brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 428 |
| Sail plan | brig |
In October 1835 HMS Wanderer set sail from Portsmouth for Rio de Janeiro.
In 1839 Joseph Denman was appointed to the command of HMS Wanderer.
In 1842 Stephen Grenville Fremantle, brother of Admiral Charles Fremantle was captain.[2]
Citations
edit- ^ Benyon, P. "Wanderer, 1835". pbenyon.plus. P. Benyon. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ "Record D-FR - Fremantle Manuscripts". Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies. Buckinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 19 November 2019.[permanent dead link]
References
edit- Clowes, William Laird (1901). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria: Volume VI. Sampson Low, Marston and Company.
External links
editMedia related to HMS Wanderer (ship, 1835) at Wikimedia Commons