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| Name | Fearless (1837) | Explanation | |
| Type | Survey vessel | ||
| Acquired | August 1837 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 165 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | |||
| Fate | 1875 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | ADM 135/170 | ||
| Note | 1831 launched. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Flamer | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| (January 1840) | In commission at Woolwich | ||
| 2 March 1841 | Commanded by Captain Frederick Bullock, Woolwich | ||
| 1 January 1843 | Commanded by Commander William Louis Sheringham, Home station | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Fr 9 December 1864 | The screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400-horse power, proceeded down Chatham harbour at daylight yesterday morning, in tow of the Adder and Fearless paddlewheel steamers, to be in readiness to make her official trial of speed at the measured mile at the Maplin Sands. | ||
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