Name | Swift (1835) | Explanation |
Type | Packet brig |
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Launched | 21 November 1835 |
Hull | Wooden |
Propulsion | Sail |
Builders measure | 361 tons |
Displacement | |
Guns | 8 |
Fate | 1866 |
Class | |
Ships book | |
Note | 1861 = YC.3 mooring vessel |
Snippets concerning this vessels career |
Date | Event |
26 November 1836 | Commanded by Lieutenant David Welch, Falmouth |
5 July 1841 - January 1847 | Commanded by Lieutenant John Douglas, Falmouth |
9 January 1847 | Commanded by Lieutenant William Lory, Falmouth packet |
25 June 1849 | Commanded by Commander William Cornwallis Aldham, Pacific |