Wildfire, 1838
Type: Packet ;
Transferred : from Post Office Jan 1838 ; Disposal date or year : 1888
BM: 186 tons
Propulsion: Paddle
Machinery notes: 198 hpi 76 hp
Notes:

Transferred from Post Office, ex-Watersprite

22 May 1841 Second Engineer Charles Hobb, appointed to the Victory, for service in the packet Wildfire, based at Weymouth.

29 Jun 1841 Portsmouth, arrived from Weymouth and returned on 2 Jul.

4 Sep 1841 Lieutenant C. A. Petch, appointed to the Victory, for service of the packet Wildfire, based at Weymouth.

2 Oct 1841 First Engineer R. Sago, appointed to the Victory, for service in the packet Wildfire, based at Weymouth.

Apr 1842, attached to the Packet Station at Weymouth.

26 Jan 1843 Lieutenant Abraham Darby appointed to HMS Wildfire, in command - Steam Packet operating out of Weymouth.

20 Dec 1848 Steam vessel. Sheerness.

1860 Tender to Formidable, Sheerness.

1870 Tender to Pembroke, Sheerness.

9 Feb 1871 CinC the Nore arrived at Chatham, from Sheerness, to inspect progress of the SULTAN.

1879 Tender to Duncan, Sheerness. Officers borne in Duncan.

Apr 1886 Sheerness