| Name | Alecto | Explanation |
| Type | Sloop |
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| Launched | 7 September 1839 |
| Hull | Wooden |
| Propulsion | Paddle |
| Builders measure | 800 tons |
| Displacement | 878 tons |
| Guns | 4 |
| Fate | 1865 |
| Class | Alecto |
| Ships book | |
| Note | |
| Snippets concerning this vessels career |
| Date | Event |
| 26 October 1839 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander William Hoseason, Mediterranean |
| 10 November 1845 | Commanded by Commander Francis William Austen, south-east coast of America , including Anglo-French action in Uruguay |
| 17 November 1846 | Commanded by Commander Vincent Amcotts Massingberd, south-east coast of America |
27 January 1852 - 11 May 1854 | Commanded (until paying off at Woolwich) by Commander Stephen Smith Lowther Crofton, west coast of Africa |
| 2 August 1855 | Commanded by Commander Robert Phillipps,West coast of Africa |
7 May 1856 - 15 January 1859 | Commanded (until paying off at Woolwich) by Commander James Hunt, west coast of Africa |
| 27 January 1860 | Commanded by Commander Henry James Raby, west coast of Africa |
23 January 1863 - March 1865 | Commanded by Commander William Hans Blake, south-east coast of America |