Name | Griffin (launched as Griffon, 1832) | Explanation | |
Type | Brig-sloop | ||
Launched | 11 September 1832 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Sail | ||
Builders measure | |||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 10 | ||
Fate | 1869 | ||
Class | Cherokee | ||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1854 h.s. 1857 c.h. 1858 = Griffin | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
2 November 1836 - 1841 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander John Gooch D'Urban, North America & West Indies | ||
2 July 1842 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Charles Jenkin, North America and West Indies | ||
9 April 1846 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Charles Edward Wilmot, south east coast of America | ||
22 November 1846 - 16 April 1850 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Lieutenant James Ptolemy Thurburn, south-east coast of America | ||
1858 | Renamed Griffin | ||
Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
Date | Extract | ||
Sa 20 April 1850 | In Harbour. - The Victory, Excellent, Illustrious, Blenheim, Fanny, and Portsmouth tenders, the Echo tug, and the Locust steam-vessel. In Dock. - The St Vincent, Winchester, Fox, Penelope, Rapid, and Electra. In the Basin. - The Niger, Devastation, Fantome, Griffon, and Fairy. In the Steam Basin. - Termagant, Hecate, Victoria and Albert, Bulldog, Blazer, Flamer, Pike, Asp, and Elfin. |