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| Name | Mastiff (1813) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gun-brig | ||
| Launched | 25 September 1813 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 184 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 12 | ||
| Fate | 1851 | ||
| Class | Bold | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1825 survey vessel | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 11 May 1832 - 22 February 1836 | Commanded (until paying off at Chatham) by Lieutenant commander Thomas Graves, surveying in the Mediterranean | ||
| 2 April 1836 - 26 December 1846 | Commanded (until paying off at Woolwich) by Master commander George Thomas, Orkney Islands | ||
| 1 February 1847 - 6 April 1848 | Commanded by Commander Alexander Bridport Becher, surveying, Orkney Islands, with Woodlark tender | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Th 18 February 1847 | WOOLWICH, Feb. 16 The Mastiff surveying vessel, Captain Becher, is to be taken into the dock when the Terrible is taken out, to examine her bottom previous to proceeding on the surveying service in the ensuing season. | ||
| Tu 13 April 1847 | The Mastiff surveying-vessel, and her tender, the Woodlark, were taken out of the basin yesterday, and it is expected they will leave Woolwich on the 25th inst., to resume their surveying duties on the coast of the Orkney Islands. | ||
| Th 2 September 1847 | WOOLWICH, Sept. 1 IIt may be the means of allaying the fears of the relations and friends of the persons on board Her Majesty's surveying-vessel Mastiff to assure them that no letters have been received at Woolwich Dockyard relative to any accident having happened to that vessel. The Mastiff, with her tender, the Woodlark, left Woolwich in the early part of the season, under the command of Commander Becher, of the Hydrographic-office, to resume the surveying duties at the Orkney Islands, which were performed in many previous years with great satisfaction to the authorities by Master-Commander G. Thomas. She is a sailing, and not a steam vessel, which affords reason to hope that some mistake has occurred relative to the account which recently appeared of her having been wrecked on the coast of the Orkney Islands. | ||
| Th 9 September 1847 | WOOLWICH, Sept. 8 It is gratifying to be able to state that down to the present date no letters have been received from the officers or any of the crew, of the Mastiff surveying vessel, which would have been the case had any accident happened to her on the coast of the Orkney Islands, as there are numerous relations of the parties on board residing in this place. | ||
| Tu 29 February 1848 | WOOLWICH, Feb. 28 The Woodlark, tender to the Mastiff, and under the command of Lieutenant Thomas, arrived yesterday at Woolwich from the Orkney Islands.The Mastiff surveying-vessel, under the command of Captain Becher, of the Hydrographical-office, is to remain in the North Sea on her surveying duties. | ||
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