Name | Dasher (1837) | Explanation | |
Type | Packet | ||
Launched | 5 December 1837 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Paddle | ||
Builders measure | 357 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 1 | ||
Fate | 1885 | ||
Class | |||
Ships book | ADM 135/121 | ||
Note | |||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
27 July 1838 | Commanded by Lieutenant John Bettinson Cragg, North America | ||
(January 1840) | In commission at Weymouth | ||
1 August 1845 | Commanded by Commander William Louis Sheringham, Home station | ||
20 October 1847 | Commanded by Lieutenant Abraham Parks, Sheerness | ||
5 July 1851 | Commanded by Commander Nicholas Lefebvre, Portsmouth | ||
31 December 1853 - 12 December 1856 | Commanded by Captain Nicholas Lefebvre, Channel islands (fishery protection), tender to Victory | ||
12 December 1856 | Commanded by Commander Edward George Hore, Portsmouth | ||
2 January 1860 | Commanded by Commander Philip De Saumarez, Portsmouth | ||
23 February 1877 | Commanded by Commander Adolphus Agustus Frederick Fitzgeorge, Channel islands | ||
Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
Date | Extract | ||
Th 8 August 1878 | The following information has been officially notified, "The inspection of the Fleet by Her Majesty the Queen on Tuesday, the 13th inst., will take place about 4 p.m., at Spithead. There will be no general issue of tickets, as only a very limited number of vessels can be set apart for the conveyance of official visitors. Naval officers on half-pay and military officers of the Portsmouth garrison will be accommodated on board Her Majesty's ships Valorous and Dasher respectively, and should apply at the Commander-in-Chief's office at Portsmouth Dockyard." |