Name | Advice (1837) | Explanation | |
Type | Packet | ||
Acquired | April 1837 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Paddle | ||
Builders measure | 197 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 1 | ||
Fate | 1870 | ||
Class | |||
Ships book | ADM 135/5 | ||
Note | 1827 launched. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Vixen. 1849 tug | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
(January 1840) | In commission at Pembroke | ||
11 February 1840 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Abraham Darby, Pembroke | ||
26 January 1843 - August 1848 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Charles Adolphus Petch, Pembroke (for Waterford mail service) | ||
(27 August 1855) | Commanded by Second Master T.H. Laity, tender, Cork | ||
1 July 1856 | Commanded by 2nd Master Michael C. Raymond, Queenstown, tender to Sans Pareil |
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