Name | Advice | Explanation |
Type | Packet |
| |
Acquired | April 1837 |
Hull | Wooden |
Propulsion | Paddle |
Builders measure | 197 tons |
Displacement | |
Guns | 1 |
Fate | 1870 |
Class | |
Ships book | ADM 135/5 |
Note | 1827 launched. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Vixen. 1849 tug |
Snippets concerning this vessels career |
Date | Event |
(January 1840) | In commission at Pembroke |
11 February 1840 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Abraham Darby, Pembroke |
26 January 1843 - August 1848 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Charles Adolphus Petch, Pembroke (for Waterford mail service) |
(27 August 1855) | Commanded by Second Master T.H. Laity, tender, Cork |
1 July 1856 | Commanded by 2nd Master Michael C. Raymond, Queenstown, tender to Sans Pareil |