HMS Wizard (1830)

HMS Wizard was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was wrecked in 1859.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Wizard.

History
United Kingdom
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:
  • 90 ft (27.4 m) (gundeck)
  • 72 ft 3 in (22.0 m) (keel)
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

Description

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]

Construction and career

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]

Notes
  1. Winfield, p. 1079
  2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 121
  3. Colledge, p. 388
  4. Winfield & Lyon, p. 125
  5. "Ireland". Daily News (2819). London. 1 June 1855.
  6. "Loss of Her Majesty's Ship "Wizard"". The Belfast News-Letter (13317). Belfast. 14 February 1859.
  7. "Naval Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (28735). London. 15 February 1859.
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