Growler, 1841
Type: 1st class sloop ; Armament 6
Launched : 20 Jul 1841 ; Disposal date or year : 1854
BM: 1054 tons ; Displacement: 1379 tons
Propulsion: Paddle
Machinery notes: 280
Notes:

29 May 1840 is ordered to he laid down.

21 Nov 1840 is building at Pembroke and is ordered round to Chatham immediately after launching, and is expected about March next. The stores and fittings are being prepared.

20 Jul 1841 was launched at Chatham. Her dimensions are reported to be the same as the Devastation..

5 Aug 1841 Woolwich, the African departed for Chatham to tow the Growler to the City Canal to have her engines fitted by Messrs. Seaward and Co.

6 Dec 1841 commissioned at Sheerness by Commander Claude H. M. Buckle.

11 Dec 1841 at Limehouse, where her machinery is being fitted by Messrs. Seaward and Co.

17 Dec 1841 Limehouse, the following officers have been appointed:- Lieutenant N. L. Sanders ; Master J. Tucker, ; Purser J. Milner ; Acting Gunner J. Rose ; Acting Boatswain J. Gouldsworthy ; Acting Carpenter J. Tucker.

22 Jan 1842 came out of Sheerness with a view to paying his respects to the King of Prussia, however, the Wolverine had fired the Royal Salute and it was deemed advisable to catch the flood tide and thus the Firebrand departed up river with His Majesty.

20 Mar 1842 arrived Spithead from Chatham.

22 Mar 1842 departed Spithead for Plymouth.

24 Mar 1842 arrived Plymouth from Portsmouth.

24 Mar 1842 in Hamoaze.

31 Mar 1842 is to be paid 2 months advance of pay prior to departing for the South America station.

Circa 1 Apr 1842 departed Plymouth with 40 supernumeraries for the South America station.

12 Apr 1842 touched at Madeira, en route for Rio.

19 May 1842 at Rio was coaling and refitting.

11 Jun 1842 at Rio de Janeiro.

24 Aug 1842 at Bahia.

3 Oct 1842 arrived Pernambuco.

08 Oct 1842 departed Pernambuco for Rio de Janeiro.

14 Jun 1844 at Rio de Janeiro.

21 Jul 1844 detained in Lat. 0� 50' S. Long. 13� 30' W., en route to Havana the American built Spanish slave vessel Veterano, Sebastian Sabat�, said to be of Barcelona, the master, with 340 slaves on board which was sent for adjudication to the British and Spanish Mixed Court of Justice, Sierra Leone, and on 2 Aug 1844 sentenced to be condemned. The 1st mate of the Veterano, Francisco Labandeyra was previously before the court as acting master of the Emprendedor, condemned at Sierra Leone in 1839, and was chief mate of the Boa Uniao, also condemned there in 1841 which perhaps illustrates the detailed nature of the index that the Court maintained at Sierra Leone, and the fact that the British officials on the Mixed Court at Havana warned the sister Court at Sierra Leone that whilst the Veterano was officially discharged from Havana, for Monte Video, she was, in fact, understood, from local intelligence received by the Court, to be headed for the West Coast of Africa.

23 Sep 1844 is reported to have been transferred from the Brazilian to the West African station. An attempt by the ship's pinnace, at Gallinas, on the African coast, to capture a felucca, probably the Huracan, Jaime Guardiola, master, but the vessel proved too well prepared, and killed 2 men and wounding 3 as they attempted to board : the Huracan was eventually detained on the 24 Feb 1845 at Popoe by the Hydra, Commander Young - see p. 364 at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow

23 Sep 1844 detained in Lat. 7� 3' N., Long. 11� 45' W., off the Gallinas the Spanish slave schooner Concepcion, alias Concha or Conchita, Pascual Soler, master, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Spanish Mixed Court of Justice, Sierra Leone and on 3 Oct 1844 sentenced to be condemned.

25 Sep 1844, at anchor, off Gallinas Bay, as noted in the covering letter from the Commanding Officer, Commander Jones, of the Growler, for Lt. Henry S. Georges, in command of the prize crew taking the Concepcion to Sierra Leone, to pass to the Commissioners of the British and Spanish Mixed Court of Justice, at Sierra Leone, and a copy to be sent to Commodore Jones, i/c of the West Coast of Africa station, detailing the capture of the Concepcion.

4 Nov 1844 detained in Lat. 7� 5' N. Long. 12� 46' W. the Spanish slave vessel Enganador, 44 tons, with 518 slaves on board, condemned on 27 Nov 1844 in the Mixed British and Spanish Court at Sierra Leone.

11 Jan 1845 detained off the Sherbro the Spanish slave brigantine San Antonio, alias El Cayman, 88 tons, master and owner Pedro Antonio Gaza, condemned on 8 Feb 1845 in the Mixed British and Spanish Court at Sierra Leone.

24 Jan 1845 off Gallinas with the Larne, Eclair, and Sealark, when the Penelope arrived from Sierra Leone with provisions and stores, the Sealark being dispatched to her station off New Cestos.

4 Feb 1845, following the ill-treatment of black British subjects by the Chiefs in the various lands surrounding Sierra Leone and not having received any positive response 286 officers and men in 18 boats, from the Penelope, Larne and Growler entered the River Gallinas, and proceeded to the now empty slave barracoons at Dombocorro, which were levelled to the ground, and the materials removed were burnt. At the same time Schaffa Rogers avoided any attempt to confront him, and his properties was reduced to ashes : musket fire from nearby was silenced by the marines and the canonades from the boats. The Rogers' family properties were similarly reduced, and when returning to their ships some musket fire from the nearby mangrove swamps caused no problems and the officers and men returned on board with out any injuries.

8 Feb 1845 at Gallinas.

15 Jul 1845-46 paid to the officers and crew �47 12s. 0d. being the amount of expenses for prosecuting the Spanish schooner Enganador, at Sierra Leone.

Sep 1845 is reported to have returned from the Coast of West Africa to England.

20 Dec 1848 Portsmouth.

Advance on naval account of bounty money of �457 payable to the officers and crew of the Growler, for the conveyance of African emigrants from Sierra Leone to the West Indies. Appears p. 14 on the Naval balance sheet showing the ledger balances on this date. See Accounts and Papers 1851 Vol XXXIII.

30 Aug 1851 Mediterranean.

Jan 1854 Portsmouth. Completed breaking up, per Parliamentary estimates etc. 1861-62.