Built as a cutter by J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight for the Royal Navy.
22 March 1860 launched as the HMS JERSEY.
Tonnage 70 ton (bm), dim. 55.10 x 17.01 x 9.01ft.
Armament 4 guns.
First stationed at Portsmouth as tender for HMS DASHER.
1870 Stationed in Jersey also as tender for HMS DASHER which was a fishery protection and survey vessel during the mid and late 1800’s, when the oyster fishing industry was booming and under threat from French fishermen who tried to fish in Islands waters.
August 1873 sold to E.A.S. Mignon.
In 2001 more as 200 years later and after 13 years of negotiations, an historic agreement between Jersey and France defining fishing territories was signed by French Ambassador Daniel Bernard and Jersey’s Lieutenant Governor, General Sir Michael Wilkens.
On the table on which this agreement was signed was appropriately, some ceremonial silver form a ship named HMS JERSEY.
Jersey 2001 46p sg?, scott?
Source: The Sail & Steam Navy List by Lyon and Winfield. Jersey Stamp Bulletin No 115. Watercraft Philately 2001/76.