* Home * Loney home * Life & career * Documents * Album * Ships * Portrait * Uniform * Background * * Search this site *
William Loney RN - Background  
Home-Loney-Background-The Royal Navy Browse mid-Victorian RN vessels: A; B; C; D; E - F; G - H; I - L; M; N - P; Q - R; S; T - U; V - Z; ??
NameCometExplanation
TypeTug and ferry  
Launched23 May 1822
HullWooden
PropulsionPaddle
Builders measure238 tons
Displacement239 tons
Guns2
Fate1868
Class 
Ships bookADM 135/99
NoteFirst steamship ordered by Admiralty
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
1 July 1837Commanded by Lieutenant commander George Thomas Gordon, particular service
15 July 1842Commanded by Commander George Alexander Frazer, Woolwich
12 July 1844Commanded by Lieutenant commander William Pretyman, Portsmouth
29 June 1846Commanded by Lieutenant commander Charles Richardson Johnson, Portsmouth
25 October 1847Commanded by Lieutenant commander Charles Gray Rigge, particular service
7 May 1850Commanded by Commander Henry Charles Otter, Cork, then west coast of Scotland
Top
Valid HTML 4.0