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| Name | Dwarf (1843) | Explanation | |
| Type | Vessel | ||
| Acquired | 1843 | ||
| Hull | Iron | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 164 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | |||
| Fate | 1853 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1843.06.22 purchased, ex-Mermaid | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 3 November 1843 - 11 March 1844 | Commanded by Lieutenant Edward Nicolls, Irish station (until Nicolls was drownded) | ||
| 13 March 1844 - 20 February 1845 | Commanded by Lieutenant William Charles Chamberlain | ||
| 4 March 1845 - 9 December 1845 | Commanded (until paying off at Woolwich) by Lieutenant commander Edward Halhead Beauchamp-Proctor tender to Victoria and Albert, then (September 1845) port admirals tender, Sheerness | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Sa 20 January 1844 | The Dwarf arrived [at Portsmouth] from Woolwich on Monday. She is a new steamer, and is fitted with a screw propeller. She is intended as a tender to the squadron of Admiral Bowles, at Cork. | ||
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