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| 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 | ||
| 9 May 1840 - 16 November 1843 | 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 | ||
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