Name | Columbia (1829) | Explanation | |
Type | Packet | ||
Launched | 1 July 1829 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Paddle | ||
Builders measure | 361 tons | ||
Displacement | 504 tons | ||
Guns | 3 | ||
Fate | 1859 | ||
Class | |||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1842 survey vessel. 1857 c.h. | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
4 February 1834 - 8 August 1834 | Commanded by Lieutenant Benjamin Aplin, Falmouth packet | ||
(January 1840) | In commission at Woolwich | ||
14 December 1842 - 1844 | Commanded by Lieutenant John Harding, North America | ||
3 December 1844 - 21 April 1847 | Commanded by Lieutenant Peter Frederick Shortland, surveying, coast of North America | ||
2 April 1849 - 6 October 1857 | Commanded by Commander Peter Frederick Shortland, surveying, North America and West Indies |
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