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HMS Pigmy (1837)
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NamePigmyExplanation
TypePacket   
AcquiredApril 1837
HullWooden
PropulsionPaddle
Builders measure227 tons
Displacement 
Guns 
Fate1879
Class 
Ships bookADM 135/364
NoteLaunched 1827.
Transferred from Post Office, ex-Sybil
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
31 May 1837Commanded by Lieutenant commander William Hoseason
29 October 1839Commanded by Lieutenant commander Justus Peter Roepel, Pembroke
19 June 1841
- July 1846		Commanded by Lieutenant commander Charles Autridge, Pembroke
26 June 1846Commanded by Lieutenant commander Abraham Darby, Pembroke, then Woolwich
1 January 1858Commanded by Master commander William Johnston, Portsmouth
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