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| Name | Penguin (1838) | Explanation | |
| Type | Packet brig | ||
| Launched | 10 April 1838 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 360 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 6 | ||
| Fate | 1871 | ||
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| Note | 1857 Coastguard watch vessel. 1863 = WV.31 | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 24 July 1838 | Commanded by Lieutenant William Luce, Falmouth | ||
| 5 November 1841 - November 1846 | Commanded by Lieutenant Walter Leslie, Falmouth | ||
| 30 November 1846 - November 1848 | Commanded by Lieutenant William Swainson, Falmouth | ||
| 6 December 1850 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Etheridge (Devonport), Cape of Good Hope | ||
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