Английская Википедия:HMS Wizard (1830)

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HMS Wizard was a 10-gun Шаблон:Sclass built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was wrecked in 1859.

Description

Wizard had a length at the gundeck of Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert at the keel. She had a beam of Шаблон:Convert, a draught of about Шаблон:Convert and a depth of hold of Шаблон:Convert. 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 Шаблон:HMS, Wizard was wrecked on the Seal Rock, in Bantry Bay. Her crew were rescued by Шаблон:HMS.[6][7]

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  1. Winfield, p. 1079
  2. 2,0 2,1 Winfield & Lyon, p. 121
  3. Colledge, p. 388
  4. Winfield & Lyon, p. 125
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