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Gleaner, 1837
Type: Steam vessel ; Armament 3
Acquired : Jun 1837 ;
Disposal date or year : 1849
BM: 371 tons
Propulsion: Paddle
Machinery notes: 130
Notes:
15 April 1839 Portsmouth arrived from Woolwich.
17 May 1840 arrived at Barbadoes from Plymouth.
6 Jul 1840 at Barbadoes.
3 Apr 1841, Clerk ------ Lewis (late Winchester), appointed to and promoted to be clerk-in-charge of Gleaner.
20 Dec 1848 Woolwich
One source suggests this vessel was transferred from Post Office in 1837, ex-Gulnare, whilst WL Clowes states she was designed by Sir W. Symonds and built at Deptford as Gulnare for the Admiralty in 1833, and rebuilt and renamed as Gleaner in 1837.