| Name | Hornet | Explanation |
| Type | Sloop |
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| Launched | 13 April 1854 |
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| Hull | Wooden |
Length | 160 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw |
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| Builders measure | 753 tons |
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| Displacement | 1045 tons |
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| Guns | 17 |
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| Fate | 1868 |
Last in commission | 1864 |
| Class | |
Class (as screw) | Cruizer |
| Ships book | ADM 135/239 |
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| Career |
| Date | Event |
| 13 April 1854 | Launched at Deptford Dockyard. |
15 May 1854 - 13 September 1854 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Commander Frederick Archibald Campbell, the Baltic during the Russian War |
| 13 September 1854 | Commanded by Commander Charles Codrington Forsyth, East Indies (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) |
| January 1857 | Commanded by Commander William Montagu Dowell, East Indies and China |
26 February 1858 - 14 July 1859 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander Viscount Gilford, East Indies and China |
20 July 1860 - 3 May 1861 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Commander William Buller Fullerton Elphinstone, East Indies and China |
| 3 May 1861 | Commanded by Commander Joseph Dayman, East Indies |
(1864) - 12 September 1864 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Acting Commander Richard Hare, East Indies |
| 1868 | Broken up by White, Cowes. |