Name | Serpent (1832) | Explanation | |
Type | Brig-sloop | ||
Launched | 14 July 1832 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Sail | ||
Builders measure | 434 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 16 | ||
Fate | 1861 | ||
Class | |||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1857 target | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
13 October 1836 - 29 April 1839 | Commanded by Commander Richard Laird Warren, North America and West Indies | ||
10 May 1839 - 17 December 1840 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Robert Gore, North America & West Indies | ||
21 October 1840 - 17 December 1840 | Commanded by Acting commander Henry Harvey, returning from North America and West Indies | ||
30 August 1841 - 23 November 1841 | Commanded by Commander Charles Henry Seale, Chatham | ||
27 November 1841 - 18 May 1846 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander William Nevill, East Indies | ||
30 September 1849 | Commanded by Commander Charles Barker, East Indies | ||
29 September 1850 | Commanded by Commander William Garnham Luard, East Indies (2nd Burma war) | ||
16 May 1853 | Commanded by Acting commander Edward Henry Gage Lambert, East Indies and Pacific |