| Name | Prospero (1837) | Explanation | |
| Type | Packet | ||
| Acquired | August 1837 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 249 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | |||
| Fate | 1866 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | Transferred from Post Office, ex-Belfast | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 4 August 1837 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander William Hoseason | ||
| 26 October 1839 - March 1840 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander William Viner Read, Pembroke | ||
| 30 March 1840 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Edward Keane | ||
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