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| Name | Wildfire (1838) | Explanation | |
| Type | Packet | ||
| Acquired | January 1838 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 186 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | |||
| Fate | 1888 | ||
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| Note | Transferred from Post Office, ex-Watersprite | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| (January 1840) | In commission at Dover | ||
| 28 August 1841 | Commanded by Lieutenant and commander Charles Adolphus Petch | ||
| 26 January 1843 - 1845 | Commanded by Lieutenant and commander Abraham Darby, Weymouth | ||
| 1 January 1857 | Commanded by Master commander George Brockman, Sheerness, tender to Waterloo, then Formidable | ||
| 3 July 1860 | Commanded by Master commander George Brockman, Sheerness, tender to Formidable | ||
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