Delight, 1829
Type: packet / sloop / brig ; Armament 10
Launched : 1829 ; Disposal date or year : 1844
Notes:

Jul 1830 Chatham

Falmouth 3 Sep 1836 arrived from Rio de Janeiro (13 Jul) ; Bahia (27th) ; Pernambuco (4 Aug).

20 Mar 1840 the slave vessel Tres de Febreiro, formerly La Union, with over 400 slaves on board, taking the Delight to be an RN cruiser, was run ashore on the coast of Cuba by her crew and her cargo of slaves disembarked. The vessel was subsequently got off the shore and entered Havana with Portuguese colours, the matter was brought to the attention of the Captain-General of Cuba, but as usual all the appropriate authorities, having been suitably briefed, repeated the usual "excuses" that they had no knowledge of the event, this being the second occasion when this vessel was reported to the Cuban authorities, the previous one taking place in 1838, when the slave-dealer Don Joaquim Gomez, a personal friend of General Tacon, the then Captain-General, was instrumental in her cargo of 150 slaves being landed in the harbour at Havana, and was honoured with the Grand Cross of Carlos Tercero.

13 Aug 1841 the Admiralty instruct the Delight to go to Campos to see what can be done about the Clio's boat's crew and officer, who had problems ashore with rioting slave dealers and ended up in prison.

3 Feb 1842 arrived Plymouth, from Falmouth, to be paid off.

12 Feb 1842 was paid off at Plymouth.

9 Apr 1842 departed Falmouth for Brazil.

6 Aug 1842 having recently been replaced by a Royal Mail Steamer and paid off the Admiralty has asked the authorities at Plymouth Dockyard how long it would take to refit and prepare the vessel for commission, with a view being used to convey the West India Station mails.