Progresso, 1844
Type: Tank Vessel ;
Purchased : 23 Apr 1844 ; Disposal date or year : 1869
BM: 140 tons.
Notes:

23 Apr 1844, the former slave brigantine Progresso, detained 12 Apr 1843, by the Cleopatra, in lat. 17� 20' S., lon. 38� 30' E., in the Mozambique Channel, with 447 slaves on board, and condemned by the Vice-Admiralty Court at the Cape of Good Hope and purchased into the Service for �170 ; 0s. : 0d., per page 102 of a report dated 5 Mar 1847, detailing the vessels purchased by the Admiralty since 1830 - Accounts and Papers for the House of Commons Vol. 37.

20 Dec 1848 Tank Vessel, Cape of Good Hope.

1860 Tank Vessel, Cape of Good Hope

Note: Tank Vessel = usually a Water Tank Vessel, to supply vessels lying off-shore.