| Name | Columbine | Explanation |
| Type | Sloop |
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| Launched | 2 April 1862 |
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| Hull | Wooden |
Length | 160 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw |
Men | 140 |
| Builders measure | 669 tons |
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| Displacement | 913 tons |
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| Guns | 11 |
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| Fate | 1875 |
Last in commission | 1874 |
| Class | Rosario |
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| Ships book | ADM 135/98 |
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| Career |
| Date | Event |
| 2 April 1862 | Launched at Deptford Dockyard. |
| 13 May 1863 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Commander Thomas Le Hunte Ward, Scottish fishery protection, then (October 1863) the Pacific |
(22 January 1868)
- 22 January 1868 | Commanded by Commander James Elphinstone Erskine, Pacific |
16 June 1870
- 22 November 1872 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Commander John Collier Tucker, East Indies |
22 November 1872
- 15 May 1874 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Commander Edward W. Hereford, East Indies |
| June 1875 | Broken up at Chatham. |
| Extracts from the Times newspaper |
| Date | Extract |
| Fr 3 July 1863 | The Alert, 17, screw steam sloop, 751 tons, 100-horse power, Commander Henry C. Magendie, and the Columbine, 4, screw steam sloop, 669 tons, 150-horse power, Commander Thomas L.H. Ward, arrived at Sheerness yesterday to be refitted, after which, these vessels will proceed to the North for the protection of the Scotch fisheries. |
| Ma 26 October 1863 | The Columbine, 6, screw, Commander Ward, was inspected at Spithead on Saturday by Vice-Admiral Sir M. Seymour. G.C.B., and afterwards sailed for the Pacific. |
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