HMS Wolverine (1798)

HMS Wolverine (or Wolverene, or Woolverene), was a Royal Navy 14-gun brig-sloop, formerly the civilian collier Rattler that the Admiralty purchased in 1798 and converted into a brig sloop, but armed experimentally. She served during the French Revolutionary Wars and participated in one action that won for her crew a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal. A French privateer captured and sank Wolverine on 21 March 1804 whilst she was on convoy duty.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Wolverine.
Portrait of Wolverine
History
Great Britain
NameRattler
Launched1796
FateSold 1798
Great Britain
NameHMS Wolverine
AcquiredMarch 1798 (by purchase)
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Wolverine 13 Sept. 1799"
FateCaptured and sunk 24 March 1804
General characteristics
Typebrig-sloop (ex-collier)
Tons burthen286 (bm)
Length
  • 98 ft (30 m) (overall)
  • 71 ft (21.6 m) (keel)
Beam27 ft 6 in (8.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planBrig
Complement70
Armament
  • UD: 2 x 18-pounder guns + 6 x 24-pounder carronades
  • QD: 4 x 12-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 x 12-pounder carronades
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