HMS Fearless (1837)
HMS Fearless (1837)


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NameFearless (1837)Explanation
TypeSurvey vessel   
AcquiredAugust 1837
HullWooden
PropulsionPaddle
Builders measure165 tons
Displacement 
Guns 
Fate1875
Class 
Ships bookADM 135/170
Note1831 launched.
Transferred from Post Office, ex-Flamer
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
(January 1840)In commission at Woolwich
2 March 1841Commanded by Captain Frederick Bullock, Woolwich
1 January 1843Commanded by Commander William Louis Sheringham, Home station
Extracts from the Times newspaper
DateExtract
Fr 9 December 1864The 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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