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| Name | Mariner (1846) | Explanation | |
| Type | 2nd class brig | ||
| Launched | 19 October 1846 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 481 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 16 | ||
| Fate | 1865 | ||
| Class | Acorn | ||
| Ships book | |||
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| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 28 January 1847 - 6 November 1850 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Commander Charles Mitchell Mathison, west coast of Africa, then East Indies | ||
| 10 May 1854 - 29 August 1854 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Commander Frederick Erskine Johnston, Plymouth | ||
| 29 August 1854 - 8 January 1856 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Cochran, North America and West Indies | ||
| 12 January 1856 - 12 June 1857 | Commanded (until paying off at Chatham) by Commander Wray Richard Gledstanes Palliser, North America and West Indies | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Tu 27 July 1847 | P0RTSM0UTH, Monday. The Iris, 26, Captain G.R. Mundy, arrived at Spithead this morning, from the East India and China station. Her dates are — Penang, April 8; the Cape of Good Hope, June 1; St. Helena, June 14; Ascension, June 19. At Simon's-bay she left the President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-Admiral Dacres, Commander-in-Chief; and the Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Foote, all well. She has brought a mail, but no news from the Cape. The island of St. Helena was healthy; there were no men-of-war there. Ascension also was healthy, but water very scarce. Turtle was plentiful. The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.B, Commander-in-Chief; the Tortoise store and guard ship, Captain Hutton; and the Mariner, 12, Commander Mathison, were lying there. The Iris reports that the Agincourt may be looked for in a fortnight. The Iris has been absent nearly four years, and is in admirable condition. Orders were awaiting her arrival to proceed to Chatham to be paid off, which have been so for countermanded that she is to remain at Spithead until Wednesday, and in the mean time Admiral Sir Charles Ogle is to muster her crew and inspect her. | ||
| Fr 30 June 1848 | Cape of Good Hope, April 21. The President, 50, Captain Stanley, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Dacres, the Commander-in-Chief, sailed from Simon's-bay on the 15th for the Mauritius, taking the Rosamond steam sloop, Commander Foote, with him part of the way. The Rosamond was to go to Mozambique with despatches, and then on to the Mauritius to meet the Admiral there. The Geyser steam sloop, Commander Brown, left this on the 18th, calling off Buffalo River to land Colonel Hare, and then goes on to the Mauritius to join the Admiral; and then they all go to Tamatave to make a treaty with the Queen of Madagascar. The Brilliant, 26, Captain Watson, left this about a month since for the Mauritius, and remains there until the Admiral's arrival, and then she would go to Tamatave with him. The Eurydice, 26, Captain Anson, is to come here to refit; and the Nimrod, Commander Belgrave, on the Eurydice's arrival, will take the Bishop of the Cape to St. Helena on a visit. The Admiral still feels the loss of his son most acutely. The Mariner, 12, Commander Mathison, arrived here on the 15th, the day the Admiral left; she was 17 days from Rio, and left at anchor there the Maeander, 44, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel; the Inconstant, 36, Captain Shepphard [sic]; the Acheron steam surveying ship, Captain J.L. Stokes; and the Hydra steam sloop, Commander Skipwith; — all from England. The Maeander and Acheron are expected here hourly, as they were to leave three days after the Mariner, which has been here nearly a week. The latter leaves this on the 25th for India. All is quiet and going on prosperously in the colony. They have had a severe hurricane at the Mauritius; the damage done is considerable. The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir Henry Blackwood, is expected here every day from India, homeward bound; also the Albatross, 14, Commander Farquhar, from the coast of Africa, en route to India. The Devastation steam sloop, Commander Michell, is also daily expected here from the coast for service on this station. The Seringapatam store ship, Master Commanding Russell, is in Simon's-bay. | ||
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