HMS Urgent

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Urgent, 1837
Type: Packet ;
Purchased from the Post Office, 27 Jul 1837, ex-Collonsay ;
Disposal date or year : 1850
BM: 563 tons
Propulsion: Paddle
Machinery notes: 240
Notes:

27 Jul 1837 former G.P.O. wooden paddle packet Collonsay purchased into the service for �26,000., 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, although some sources, such as Colledge, suggest that she was transferred by the P.O., which would appear to be wrong.

1 Aug 1842 Steam Packet at Liverpool.

20 Dec 1848 Steam vessel. Portsmouth.