| Name | Dido | Explanation |
| Type | Corvette |
|
| Launched | 13 June 1836 |
| Hull | Wooden |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Builders measure | 734 tons |
| Displacement | |
| Guns | 18 |
| Fate | 1903 |
| Class | |
| Ships book | |
| Note | 1860 c.h. |
| Snippets concerning this vessels career |
| Date | Event |
| 25 October 1836 | Commanded by Captain Lewis Davies, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) |
30 August 1841 - 1844 | Commanded by Captain Henry Keppel, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war and Sir James Brooke's campaign for the suppression of Borneo piracy) |
| 9 May 1846 | Commanded by Captain John Balfour Maxwell, East Indies |
| 28 August 1851 | Commanded by Captain William Henry Anderson Morshead, Pacific, including Russian coast during the Russian war |