► Royal Navy ► Vessels
Browse RN vessels: A; B; C; D; E - F; G - H; I - L; M; N - P; Q - R; S; T - U; V - Z; ??
| Name | Merlin (1838) | Explanation | |
| Type | Packet | ||
| Launched | 18 September 1838 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 889 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1863 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1854 survey vessel. 1856 gunvessel | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 20 April 1839 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Charles H. Townley, Liverpool | ||
| 5 February 1842 - 6 February 1847 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Edward Keane, Liverpool | ||
| 22 May 1848 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander James Howard Turner, Mediterranean | ||
| 6 January 1855 | Commanded by Captain Bartholomew James Sulivan, the Baltic during the Russian War | ||
| 24 May 1856 - 23 April 1858 | Commanded by Commander Cecil William Buckley, west coast of Africa | ||
Top↑
 |