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| Name | Dasher (1837) | Explanation | |
| Type | Packet | ||
| Launched | 5 December 1837 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 357 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 1 | ||
| Fate | 1885 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | ADM 135/121 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 27 July 1838 | Commanded by Lieutenant John Bettinson Cragg, North America | ||
| (January 1840) | In commission at Weymouth | ||
| 1 August 1845 | Commanded by Commander William Louis Sheringham, Home station | ||
| 20 October 1847 | Commanded by Lieutenant Abraham Parks, Sheerness | ||
| 5 July 1851 | Commanded by Commander Nicholas Lefebvre, Portsmouth | ||
| 31 December 1853 - 12 December 1856 | Commanded by Captain Nicholas Lefebvre, Channel islands (fishery protection), tender to Victory | ||
| 12 December 1856 | Commanded by Commander Edward George Hore, Portsmouth | ||
| 2 January 1860 | Commanded by Commander Philip De Saumarez, Portsmouth | ||
| 23 February 1877 | Commanded by Commander Adolphus Agustus Frederick Fitzgeorge, Channel islands | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Th 8 August 1878 | The following information has been officially notified, "The inspection of the Fleet by Her Majesty the Queen on Tuesday, the 13th inst., will take place about 4 p.m., at Spithead. There will be no general issue of tickets, as only a very limited number of vessels can be set apart for the conveyance of official visitors. Naval officers on half-pay and military officers of the Portsmouth garrison will be accommodated on board Her Majesty's ships Valorous and Dasher respectively, and should apply at the Commander-in-Chief's office at Portsmouth Dockyard." | ||
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