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HMS Wanderer (1835)

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Wanderer
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Wanderer
Launched10 July 1835
Completed7 Oct 1835[1]
Out of service1850
General characteristics
Class and type16-gun brig-sloop
Tons burthen428
Sail planbrig

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.

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

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  1. ^ Benyon, P. "Wanderer, 1835". pbenyon.plus. P. Benyon. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Record D-FR - Fremantle Manuscripts". Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies. Buckinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 19 November 2019.[permanent dead link]

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