Name | Sparrow (1828) | Explanation | |
Type | Cutter | ||
Launched | 28 June 1828 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Sail | ||
Builders measure | 160 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | |||
Fate | 1860 | ||
Class | |||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1844 survey ketch | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
18 October 1839 - 1842 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander John Tyssen, South America | ||
(January 1843) | Out of commission at Chatham | ||
26 August 1844 - 1 January 1847 | Commanded by Commander Henry Charles Otter, surveying on the west coast of Scotland | ||
2 April 1849 - 29 April 1851 | Commanded by Commander George Alexander Frazer, south-east coast of Ireland |