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NameStyxExplanation
Type1st class sloop  
Launched26 January 1841
HullWooden
PropulsionPaddle
Builders measure1054 tons
Displacement1379 tons
Guns6
Fate1866
Class 
Ships bookADM 135/453
Note 
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
12 August 1841
- 14 September 1840		Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Commander Hastings Reginald Henry
15 September 1841
- January 1845		Commanded by Captain Alexander Thomas Emeric Vidal surveying Azores
7 February 1845Commanded by Commander William Windham Hornby, west coast of Africa
21 April 1846
- 1848		Commanded by Commander Henry Chads, west coast of Africa
(30 April 1846)Commanded by Acting Commander George Oldmixon, west coast of Africa
15 July 1851Commanded by Commander William King Hall, Cape of Good Hope
7 June 1854
- 3 April 1855		Commanded by Commander Frederick Woollcombe, East Indies (until Woollcombe died)
3 April 1855Commanded by Commander James Minchin Bruce, East Indies
26 August 1857Commanded by Commander Charles Vesey, North America and West Indies
30 December 1860Commanded by Commander John Halliday Cave, North America and West Indies
26 February 1862Commanded by Commander William John Ward, North America and West Indies
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