Talk:HMS Wanderer

Attention: Missing vessel
In ‘’Sketches of Bermuda’’, by Susette Harriet Lloyd, Chapter 1 starts with her at sea, on the 20th of July, 1829, after a month of sailing from the Isle of Wight, aboard the government ship ‘’Wanderer’’, from Portsmouth (to which they had spent a week previous sailing to via the English Channel, presumably from London or Kent), destined for the Royal Naval Dockyard on Ireland Island, Sandys Parish, Bermuda, with a detachment of soldiers to join the Bermuda Garrison. Her own party included the Archdeacon of Bermuda, Aubrey Spencer, Mrs Spencer, and Ella (Spencer, presumably), Miss Parker, Major and Mrs Hutchison and their daughter, the Reverend Robert Whitehead, Lieutenant Thompson of the 74th Regiment of Foot, and Lieutenant Young. They arrived at Bermuda on the 12th of August, 1829, their journey having been slowed by becoming becalmed. Lloyd and her companions were landed at St. George's Town at the east end before the Wanderer continued to Ireland Island to land the military detachment. This first two Wanderers currently listed in this disambiguation page are:


 * HMS Wanderer (1806) was a sixth-rate 20-gun ship launched in 1806 and sold in 1817. Made one voyage as a whaling ship between 1817 and 1820. Then sailed as a merchantman trading with North America. Last listed in 1827; abandoned as waterlogged off Newfoundland on 28 October 1827.
 * HMS Wanderer (1835) was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1835 and disposed of in 1850.

Clearly, there was another HMS Wanderer between these two, which should be identified and added to this list. Aodhdubh (talk) 00:05, 15 August 2020 (UTC)