Hermes, 1830
Type: Paddle Packet ; Armament 0
Purchased into the Service : 7 Aug 1830 (built 1824 by Benjamin Wallis, at Blackwall) ;
Renamed : 1835
BM: 733 tons ;
Propulsion: Paddle
Notes:

20 Aug 1830 the former George IV steam vessel, renamed Hermes, with the Duke of York, steam vessel, renamed Messenger, both purchased into the Service for �24,977 9s. 4d., and included in a return to Parliament dated 5 Mar 1847, detailing all the vessels purchased into the Service by the Admiralty since 1830 - Accounts and Papers for the House of Commons Vol. 37.

23 Aug 1830 arrived Falmouth from the Mediterranean, Corfu (30 Jul), Malta (3 Aug), Gibraltar (13th), and Cadiz (15th).

l Dec 1830 arrived Falmouth, from Malta, Lieut. Kennedy, in command.

3 Dec 1830 departed Falmouth, for Lisbon.

4 Dec 1830 arrived Plymouth.

8 Dec 1830 departed Plymouth.

11 Dec 1830 arrived Spithead and towed the Royalist into harbour.

12 Feb 1831 lengthened and re-engined in 1831, at Portsmouth.

10 Sep 1831 departed Falmouth the Mediterranean.

15 Sep 1831 arrived at Gibraltar from Falmouth and Cadiz, and departed for Malta on the 17th.

22 Oct 1831 arrived Falmouth from Corfu (2d), Malta (6th), Gibraltar (15th), Cadiz (16th).

13 Nov 1831 arrived at Gibraltar from Plymouth and departed thence for Corfu and Malta on the 15th.

3 Jan 1832 departed Plymouth for Falmouth, to take the next Mediterranean mail.

26 May 1832 arrived Spithead, from the River.

29 May 1832 departed Portsmouth for Plymouth and Falmouth, and is expected to take the next mail for the Mediterranean.

31 May 1832 arrived Falmouth from Portsmouth.

19 Jun 1832 arrived Gibraltar from Falmouth.

17 Jul 1832 arrived Falmouth from Malta (1st), Gibraltar (9th), Cadiz (10th), off Lisbon (12th, where she spoke with the Revenge 15 miles off the Bar of the Tagus).

3 Nov 1832 the packet Hope was paid off into ordinary at Plymouth, and is supposedly being replaced by the Hermes steam packet.

5 Dec 1832 departed Portsmouth, for Plymouth, Falmouth and Malta.

24 Dec 1832 at Malta. Following his arrival Lieutenant Kennedy investigated the appearance of a small volcanic island in Lat. 37� 11' N., Long. 12� 44' E., bearing from the S.E. Point of Pantellaria, about E.N.E. 40 miles ; Cape St. Marco, S. W � w., 23 miles ; Cape Granitola S � W., 24 miles ; Cape Bianco W � S., 28 miles. The island seems to have disappeared in Jan 1833, although it was still a hazard to shipping.

15 Apr 1833 refitting at Gibraltar.

27 Apr 1833 at Malta.

6 Jun 1833 arrived at Plymouth.

11 Jun 1833 departed for Woolwich.

28 Jul 1833 arrived Plymouth from Woolwich and departed for Falmouth the 30th.

14 Aug 1833 departed Falmouth for Lisbon, with despatches.

4 Sep 1833 departed Falmouth for the Mediterranean, with mails.

10 Sep 1833 arrived Cadiz from Falmouth.

3 Nov 1833 arrived Portsmouth from Plymouth.

8 Nov 1833 departed Portsmouth for Woolwich.

9 Jan 1833 at Woolwich, under repair in the basin.

1834 Hermes renamed Charger as a coal hulk. BU 1854.