| Name | Penelope | Explanation |
| Type | 5th rate |
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| Launched | 13 August 1829 |
| Hull | Wooden |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Builders measure | 1091 tons |
| Displacement | |
| Guns | 46 |
| Fate | 1864 |
| Class | |
| Ships book | |
| Note | 1843 paddle 1616 bm 12 guns |
| Snippets concerning this vessels career |
| Date | Event |
| (January 1840) | Out of commission at Chatham |
27 June 1843
- 24 May 1846 | Commanded by Captain William Jones, west coast of Africa, latterly as Commodore (until his death) (reports for 1845) |
13 October 1846
- 26 March 1848 | Commanded (from commissioning) by Captain Henry Wells Giffard, flagship of Commodore Charles Hotham, west coast of Africa |
| 18 December 1847 | Commanded by Captain Lewis Tobias Jones, flagship of Commodore Charles Hotham, west coast of Africa |
| 7 March 1851 | Commanded by Captain Henry Lyster, flagship of Commodore Henry William Bruce, west coast of Africa |
27 March 1854
- March 1855 | Commanded by Captain James Crawford Caffin, the Baltic during the Russian War. Present at the reduction of Bomarsund (Clowes, VI, 424: "On the 10th [Aug 1854] while passing the fortress, the Penelope, 16, paddle, Captain James Crawford Caffin, went ashore under the enemy's fire, and had to throw her guns overboard ere, much mauled by the enemy's red-hot shot, she could be floated off. She was struk 21 times, and had 2 men killed and 3 wounded... Happily no blame was attributed to Captain Caffin". |
| 2 February 1855 | Commanded by Captain William Saltonstall Wiseman, Cape of Good Hope |
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