Wolf-class sloop

The Wolf class was a class of three sloops of wooden construction built for the Royal Navy during 1741–43. They were ordered in 1741, 1742 and 1743 respectively, and were the first to increase significantly in size from the 200 burthen tons which had been the normal size from 1728; they were to a common design prepared by Jacob Allin, the Surveyor of the Navy. For the latter two vessels, the design was modified by the addition of 6 inches to their depth in hold.

Class overview
Operators:  Royal Navy
Preceded by: Drake class
Succeeded by: Baltimore class
Built: 1741–1743
In commission: 1742–1763
Completed: 3
Lost: 2
General characteristics (common design)
Type: Sloop-of-war
Tons burthen: 243 ​74⁄94 bm
Length:
  • 87 ft 6 in (26.7 m) (gundeck)
  • 73 ft 4.75 in (22.4 m) (keel)
Beam: 25 ft 0 in (7.6 m)
Depth of hold:
  • 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) (Wolf)
  • 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) (Otter and Grampus)
Sail plan: Snow
Complement: 110
Armament:
  • 10 (later 14) × 4-pounder guns;
  • also 12/14 x ½-pounder swivel guns

Although initially armed with ten 4-pounder guns, this class was built with eight pairs of gunports on the upper deck (each port flanked by two pairs of row-ports), and the two survivors in 1744 had their ordnance increased to fourteen guns.

Vessels
Name Ordered Builder Launched Notes
Wolf 21 July 1741 Thomas West,
Deptford		 27 February 1742 Wrecked 31 December 1748 in Dundrum Bay.
Otter 23 January 1742 John Buxton, Jnr.,
Rotherhithe		 19 August 1742 Sold 16 June 1763.
Grampus 5 February 1743 Philemon Perry,
Blackwall		 27 July 1743 Captured by the French 30 September 1744.

References
  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • McLaughlan, Ian. The Sloop of War 1650–1763. Seaforth Publishing, 2014. ISBN 978-1-84832-187-8.
  • Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
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