HMS Hope

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Hope, 1824
Type: Brig / Packet ; Armament 4
Launched : 1824 ; Disposal date or year : 1882
Notes:

22 Jun 1825 Lt Wright, late of the Astrea, arrived Falmouth from Plymouth for packet duties.

11 Jul 1825 Wright, departed Falmouth for Jamaica.

28 Oct 1825 arrived Falmouth from Jamaica in 38 days.

18 Nov 1825 Wright, departed Falmouth for Buenos Ayres.

9 Apr 1826 Wright, arrived Falmouth from Buenos Ayres (21 Jan) ; Monte Video (1 Feb).

18 May 1826, departed Falmouth for Jamaica.

18 May 1826, departed Falmouth for Jamaica.

16 Aug 1826 Wright, arrived Falmouth from Carthagena, (27 Jun) ; Jamaica (11 Jul) ; Crooked Island (18th).

8 Sep 1826, departed Falmouth for the Mediterranean.

25 Nov 1826 Wright, arrived Falmouth from the Mediterranean, Corfu, (12 Oct) ; Malta (20th) ; Gib (4th inst.) and 15 days from Cadiz.

25 Dec 1826, departed Falmouth for Buenos Ayres.

25 Dec 1826 Graham, departed Falmouth for Buenos Ayres.

For further movements of Falmouth Packets try page 3 of the Royal Cornwall Gazette, available through the British Newspaper Archive, for a fee.

Dec 1827 packet based on the Falmouth station : Commanding officer: Lt. John Wright.

1830 Falmouth, Sloop of war fitted as a packet

12 Jan 1831 arrived at Tampico from Falmouth and Vera Cruz.

26 Mar 1831 arrived Falmouth from Tampico (28 Jan) ; Vera Cruz (2 Feb) ; and Havannah, (23rd), Lieut. Wright, in command.

9 Apr 1831 departed Falmouth for Jamaica and Carthagena.

21 Mar 1832 at Vera Cruz.

7 Aug 1832 arrived Barbadoes from Falmouth.

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

1 Aug 1833 in Hamoaze.

13 Nov 1841 Lieutenant G. Snell (1825), appointed to the Hope.

23 Nov 1841 arrived Barbadoes, from England with mails.

22 Jan 1842, arrived Plymouth Sound, from Falmouth, and later came into harbour to be paid off.

1 Feb 1842, paid off at Plymouth.

6 Aug 1842 having recently been replaced by a Royal Mail Steamer and paid off the Admiralty has asked the authorities at Plymouth Dockyard how long it would take to refit and prepare the vessel for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

20 Dec 1848 Quarantine Service, Milford.

1860 Quarantine Service, Pembroke

1861-62 Receiving Ship, Pembroke, per Parliamentary estimates etc.

NB The 1860 Navy List includes 2 further vessels with the name of Hope:

A tender at Sheerness

A cutter as a Convict Tender at Chatham