Name | Lucifer (1837) | Explanation | |
Type | Gunvessel | ||
Acquired | 1837 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Paddle | ||
Builders measure | 387 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 2 | ||
Fate | 1893 | ||
Class | |||
Ships book | |||
Note | Transferred from Post Office, ex-Comet. 1875 = WV.41, Coastguard | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
27 June 1837 | Commanded by Lieutenant John Phillips Philipps | ||
(January 1840) | Out of commission at Woolwich | ||
7 May 1840 | Commanded by Captain Frederick Willam Beechey, coast of Irealnd | ||
12 December 1844 | Commanded by Commander George Alexander Frazer, coast of Ireland, surveying | ||
13 January 1848 | Commanded by Lieutenant Richard Hawkins Risk | ||
27 September 1848 - 24 September 1850 | Commanded by Lieutenant Edward Alexander Tylden Lloyd, Ireland (until he died) | ||
17 October 1850 | Commanded by Lieutenant George Melville Jackson, particular service |