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Raven, 1829
Type: Survey cutter ; Armament 4
Launched : 21 Oct 1829 ;
Disposal date or year : 1859
BM: 108 tons
Notes:
Plymouth 6 Nov 1829 Arrived from Milford : to be fitted as a tender.
Plymouth 14 Nov 1829 To be commissioned as a tender to the Hyacinth at Newhaven.
Plymouth 17 Nov 1829 Commissioned as a tender to the Hyperion.
Plymouth 2 Jan 1830 Sailed for Newhaven.
Portsmouth 5 Jan 1830 Arrived from Plymouth.
Portsmouth 1 Jun 1830 Arrived from a cruise.
Portsmouth 16 Aug 1832 Taken into dock to refit.
Portsmouth 21 Aug 1833 Arrived from Oporto.
Portsmouth 7 Sep 1833 In harbour.
Portsmouth 10 Sep 1833 Paid off and re-commissioned on the 11th.
Portsmouth 16 Sep 1833 In Harbour.
Portsmouth 19 Oct 1833 In harbour.
Portsmouth 12 Nov 1833 Sailed for the coast of Africa.
Teneriffe 3 Dec 1833 Sailed for the Gambia River.
Cape Roxo, Nr Gambia River 23 Dec 1833 Surveying.
Portsmouth 9 Aug 1834 Arrived from surveying the Islands in the Bijonga Archipelago on the west coast of Africa : sailed from the Gambia 6 Jun, Cape Blanco 7 Jul, and St Michael's 22 Jul.
Portsmouth 20 Aug 1834 Paid off.
Portsmouth 1 Nov 1834 Is preparing to survey the Canary Islands and is expected to go out to Spithead on Wednesday.
Portsmouth 8 Nov 1834 Went out to Spithead, preparing for a survey of the Canary Islands and the shores of West Coast of Africa.
Portsmouth 13 Nov 1834 Sailed for Madeira and Teneriffe.
Portsmouth 12 Sep 1835 The survey ship Aetna and her tender, the cutter Raven, arrived Thursday from Teneriffe, having completed the survey of the Canary Islands. The Aetna remains at Spithead, whilst the Raven has come into the harbour.
Portsmouth 26 Sep 1835 has been docked.
Portsmouth 3 Oct 1835 paid off and re-commissioned today.
Portsmouth 30 Oct 1835 is to be commissioned shortly as a tender to the survey vessel Aetna.
14 Dec 1839 in harbour at Portsmouth.
18 Apr 1840 Portsmouth sailed on Tuesday for Plymouth;
19 Sep 1840 Clerk-in-Charge John Brickwood, appointed to the Raven.
1 Oct 1840 arrived on Saturday at Plymouth from a cruise,
30 Oct 1840 arrived at Portsmouth Tuesday with men from Liverpool.
5 Nov 1840 Plymouth, arrived from Portsmouth on Friday, and has since sailed for Liverpool.
21 Nov 1840 arrived at Plymouth, from Bristol, with 40 supernumeraries. When off the Scilly Isles, she experienced a tremendous storm which ripped her sails to pieces and had to heave her boats etc. overboard, and batten down the proverbial hatches.
2 Jan 1841 Assistant Surgeon James Harvey, appointed to the Raven.
30 Jan 1841, Clerk in Charge C. H. Niblett, appointed to the Raven.
12 Feb 1841 Plymouth, sailed for Portsmouth.
7 Jul 1841, Portsmouth, arrived from Sheerness.
14 Jul 1841, Portsmouth, sailed to Plymouth.
16 Jul 1841, Plymouth, The Raven cutter arrived on Friday with supernumeries from the Eastward.
21 Jul 1841, sailed to the westward.
20 Dec 1848 Quarantine service.
1850 Coastguard.