| Name | Cuckoo (1837) | Explanation | |
| Type | Packet | ||
| Acquired | 1837 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 234 tons | ||
| Displacement | 36 tons | ||
| Guns | |||
| Fate | 1865 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | Transferred from Post Office, ex-Cinderella. 185? gunboat | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| (January 1840) | In commission at Weymouth | ||
| 3 September 1841 - 27 May 1845 | Commanded by Lieutenant Abraham Parks, Weymouth | ||
| 28 May 1845 - 4 September 1847 | Commanded by Lieutenant Abraham Parks, Sheerness | ||
| 17 December 1847 | Commanded by Commander Henry Dumaresq, Portsmouth | ||
| 25 June 1850 | Commanded by Commander Nicholas Lefebvre, Portsmouth | ||
| 2 May 1854 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Augustus George Ernest Murray, the Baltic during the Russian War | ||
| 27 August 1861 - 12 February 1862 | Commanded by Captain Frederick Warden and Naval Officer in charge of naval and victualling estabishments at Gibraltar | ||
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