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Cherokee-class brig-sloop From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Wizard was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was wrecked in 1859.
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Name | Wizard |
Ordered | 28 October 1826 |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Laid down | October 1829 |
Launched | 24 May 1830 |
Completed | 15 June 1837 |
Commissioned | April 1837 |
Fate | Wrecked, 8 February 1859 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Cherokee-class brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 231 7/94 bm |
Length | |
Beam | 24 ft 8 in (7.5 m) |
Draught | 9 ft 2 in (2.8 m) |
Depth | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Sail plan | Brig |
Complement | 52 |
Armament | 2 × 6-pdr cannon; 8 × 18-pdr carronades |
Wizard had a length at the gundeck of 90 feet (27.4 m) and 72 feet 3 inches (22.0 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 24 feet 8 inches (7.5 m), a draught of about 9 feet 2 inches (2.8 m) and a depth of hold of 11 feet (3.4 m). The ship's tonnage was 231 7/94 tons burthen.[1] The Cherokee class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and eight 18-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 52 officers and ratings.[2]
Wizard, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 28 October 1826, laid down in October 1828 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 24 March 1830.[2] She was completed on 15 June 1837 at Plymouth Dockyard.[4] On 29 May 1855, Wizard ran aground at Cork. She lay on her beam ends overnight and was refloated the next day.[5]
On 8 February 1859, whilst acting as a tender to HMS Nile, Wizard was wrecked on the Seal Rock, in Bantry Bay. Her crew were rescued by HMS Skipjack.[6][7]
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