Name | Courier (1829) | Explanation | |
Type | Packet | ||
Acquired | 1829 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Paddle | ||
Builders measure | 733 tons | ||
Displacement | 912 tons | ||
Guns | |||
Fate | 1854 | ||
Class | |||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1824 launched. Acquired for Corfu service (was George IV). 1830 = Hermes. 1835 = Charger, c.h. | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
1830 | Renamed Hermes | ||
24 June 1830 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Andrew Kennedy, Mediterranean | ||
(January 1840) | Coal depot at Woolwich |