Swansea. In the Cruizer he made prize of the privateers Jupiter of 8 guns and 36 men, Chasseur of 4 guns and 48 men, Les Deux Frères of 14 guns and 50 men, Courageux of 14 guns and 47 men, Persévérant of 14 guns and 49 men, and Flibustier of 14 guns and 54 men. He was placed on the Retired List of Rear-Admirals 22 July, 1830; transferred to the Active List 17 Aug. 1840; and advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
WOLLEY. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 23; h-p., 15.)
Godfrey Lamplugh Wolley entered the Navy, 7 Aug. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salvador del Mundo, Capt. Thos. Wolley, bearing the flag of Admiral Wm. Young at Plymouth. He removed, 14 May, 1812, to the Northumberland 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham; and on 22 of the same month he was present, we believe, in company with the Growler gun-brig, at the destruction, at the entrance of L’Orient, of the French 40-gun frigates L’Arienne and L’Andromaque, and 16-gun brig Mamelouck, whose united fire, conjointly with that of a heavy battery, killed 5 and wounded 28 of the Northhmberland’s people. After serving for a few months in the West Indies in the Vengeur 74, Capt.Thos. Dundas, he joined, in Sept. 1813, the President 38, Capts. Fras. Mason and Archibald Duff, on the coast of Ireland, where he continued employed as Midshipman until Sept. 1815. From Jan. 1816 until May, 1818, he served on board the Fly sloop, Capt. John Baldwin, at Cork and at Newfoundland; and in May of the latter year he became Master’s Mate of the Parthian 10, Capt. Wilson Braddyll Bigland, fitting for the West Indies, on which station he was nominated, 21 Jan. 1820, Acting-Lieutenant of the Sapphire 26, Capts. Henry Hart and Alex. Montgomerie. He was confirmed to that ship 29 April, 1820; was paid off from her in Sept. 1821; and was subsequently appointed – 9 Sept. 1822, as Senior, for upwards of two years, to the Bellette 18, Capt. John Leith, again in the West Indies – 1 Aug. 1836, to the Victory 104, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Searle – and in 1838, to the post of Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel. He was advanced to the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 1841.; and has been employed since 23 Nov. 1843 as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard.
WOLRIGE. (Lieut., 1808. f-p., 17; h-p., 31.)
Charles Wolrige is brother of the late Capt. Thos. and the present Capt. Wm. Wolrige, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1799, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambridge 74, guardship at Plymouth, Capts. Rich. Boger and John Wickey. From June, 1800, until May, 1802, he served as Fst.-cl. Vol. on board the Nymphe frigate, Capts. Percy Fraser and Stair Douglas, on the Channel station, where he was received, in June, 1803, on board the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield. He served subsequently as Midshipman at the blockade of Cadiz, fought in that capacity at the battle of Trafalgar, and united as Master’s Mate in the attack upon Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807. In Oct. of the latter year he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant, in the North Sea, of the Snake sloop, Capt. Thos. Young, to which vessel he was confirmed 5 Jan. 1808. He served subsequently, from Nov. 1809 until Feb. 1812, in the Quebec 32, Capts. Hon. Geo. Poulett and Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, also in the North Sea; and from Aug. 1812 until July, 1816, in tho Stag and Spartan frigates, commanded, in the Channel, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in the Mediterranean, by Capt. Phipps Hornby. On 3 Aug. 1811, being then in the Quebec, he assisted in the boats of that ship and of a squadron, 10 in number, carrying 116 men, under the command of Lieut. Sam. Blyth, at the cutting-out, from within the island of Nordeney, near the Texel, of four Danish gun-vessels, each armed with 1 long 12 and 2 long 6 or 8 pounders, and 25 men, including 5 soldiers, and commanded by a Lieutenant-de-Vaisseau of the French navy – an exploit which was not accomplished until the enemy had sustained a loss of 4 men lulled and 12 wounded, and the British, after an exposure to a fire of grape and canister, and a hard struggle, of 2 killed and 9 wounded. Independently of 19 persons who were killed and wounded in the early part of the contest by an accidental explosion on board one of the gun-boats.[1] For his conduct on this occasion Mr. Wolrige was presented with the sword of one of the French Commanders. From 1831 until 1833 he was employed as an Agent for Transports Afloat. Agent – J. Hinxman.
WOLRIGE. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
George Rhodes Wolrige is nephew of the late Capt. Thos. Wolrige, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Dec. 1828; passed his examination 17 June, 1835; and became Mate afterwards of the President 50, Capt. Wm. Broughton, on the Pacific station, where he was appointed, 28 July, 1842 (he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 16 May preceding), to the Dublin 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas. He returned to England in the early part of 1845; and since 29 March in that year has been serving at Portsmouth in the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads.
WOLRIGE. (Lieutenant, 1848.)
Sydney Wolrige is son of the late Capt. Thos. Wolrige, R.N.
This officer served for some time as Midshipman in the Dublin 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas in the Pacific. He passed his examination 13 Sept. 1847; and since 8 March, 1848, has been serving as Mate and Additional-Lieutenant (commission dated 29 Sept. in the latter year) in the Wellesley 72, flag-ship of the Earl of Dundonald on the North America and West India station.
WOLRIGE. (Capt., 1822. f-p., 20; h-p., 31.)
Thomas Wolrige was born 15 Sept. 1782, at Plymouth, and died 1 Dec. 1845, at Stonehouse, Devon. He was brother of Capt. Wm. and Lieut. Chas. Wolrige, R.N.; also of Lieut.-Colonel John Wolrige, R.M., and of Capt. Ambrose A. Rhodes Wolrige, R.M., Barrack-Master at Chatham; and uncle of Lieut. G. R. Wolrige, R.N., and of Chas. Fred. Wolrige, Esq., who died Assistant-Surgeon of the Cruizer 16, Capt. E. G. Fanshawe, in the East Indies, in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cerberus 32, Capt. John Drew, stationed at Cork. In June, 1797, he removed to the De Braak 16, Capt. Jas. Drew, lying at Plymouth; and in Feb. 1798 (he had already attained the rating of Midshipman) he joined the Stag 32, Capts. Joseph Sydney Yorke and Robt. Winthrop, attached to the force in the Channel, where, in 1800, he was again placed with Capt. Yorke in the Jason 36. While serving as Master’s Mate in that frigate, under Capt. Hon. John Murray, he was wrecked on the coast of France and taken prisoner 1 July, 1801. In the following Aug., having regained his liberty, he was received by Capt. Yorke, in the capacity last mentioned, on board the Canada 74. He was made Lieutenant, 29 March, 1802, into the Juste 80, Capt. Sir Edm. Nagle. He left that ship in the course of the next month; and was subsequently appointed – 21 Sept. 1802 and 2 Feb. 1803, to the Glenmore 44 and Boadicea 38, commanded each, in the Channel and at Plymouth, by Capt. John Maitland – in May, 1803, to the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton in the Channel – 18 July, 1805, to the Aurora 28, Capts. Hon. Geo. Elliot and Geo. Fras. Seymour, in the Mediterranean – 14 May, 1808 to the Christian VII. 80, Capts. Sir J. S. Yorke and Rich. Harward, employed in the Channel and, under the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, in the North Sea – and,
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1660.
