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She operated from April 1842 to April 1847, under the command of Lieutenant Charles Bampfield Yule as a tender to HMS Fly. In the East Indies Station she undertook surveys around Australia. After April 1847, still commanded by Charles Yule as a tender to HMS Rattlesnake, she undertook surveys and explored the southern part of New Guinea and the Louisiade Archipelago.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bramble_(1822)
in 1848, on Pacific exploration, rescued survivors from unknown shipwreck near Fiji and returned to Sydney, G.R. Nicoll, "fifty Years travels in Australia, Japan, America, 1848-98, London 1899;
Between 1855 and 1859 she was assigned as a tender to HMS Calliope undertaking survey work around Australia and also for diving operations at Sydney. Bramble was then assigned to the Australia Station in 1859 before being decommissioned in 1876.[1][2]
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