Name | Albert | Explanation |
Type | Exploration vessel |
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Launched | 29 August 1840 |
Hull | Iron |
Propulsion | Paddle |
Builders measure | 457 tons |
Displacement | 340 tons |
Guns | 3 |
Fate | 1850 |
Class | |
Ships book | |
Note | 1843.07.13 wrecked. Later salved and transferred to Gambia govt. |
Snippets concerning this vessels career |
Date | Event |
January 1841 - 12 November 1841 | Commanded by Commander Henry Dundas Trotter, west coast of Africa (in command of the 1841 Niger expedition), until invalided |
12 June 1843 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Daniel Woodruffe, coast of Africa |
(1 February 1845) | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Andrew Robert Dunlap, west coast of Africa |