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 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Abraham Parks, Weymouth | ||
28 May 1845 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander 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 |