Name | Dasher (1837) | Explanation |
Type | Packet |
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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." |