| Name: | GENERAL WOLFE |
| Type: | Monitor |
| Keel: | 01/1915 |
| Launched: | 09/09/1915 |
| Completed: | 09/11/1915 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 858 |
| Dimensions: | 5170disp - 5850disp, 320.0 x 87.2 x 9.6(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T4cyl (16, 28 & 32, 32 x 24ins), 2500ihp |
| Engines by: | McKie & Baxter Ltd, Glasgow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 8.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 2 x 12.0ins, 2 x 1 x 12pdr, 1 x 3.0ins HA guns; |
| (1918: 1 x 18.0ins, 1 x 2 x 12.0ins, 2 x 1 x 6.0ins, 2 x 1 x 3.0ins HA guns) | |
| History: | |
| 06/11/1915 | British Royal Navy |
| 09/05/1921 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Lord Clive Class of monitors |
| Variously known as M9, WOLF and SIR JAMES WOLFE prior to launching | |
| 1918: Fitted with an 18.0ins gun on the aft deck, she made the longest | |
| range firing in Royal Navy history at 36,000 yds or 20 miles | |
| This was the largest calibre gun ever fitted on a Royal Naval vessel & was from FURIOUS | |
| 09/05/1921: Sold for breaking up at Hayle by TW Ward Ltd |
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Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
All photos are after fitment of the 18.0ins gun