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| Name | Curacoa (1854) | Explanation | |
| Type | Frigate | ||
| Launched | 13 April 1854 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 192 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 300 |
| Builders measure | 1570 tons | ||
| Displacement | 2385 tons | ||
| Guns | 31 | ||
| Fate | 1869 | Last in commission | 1867 |
| Class | Class (as screw) | Tribune | |
| Ships book | ADM 135/112 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 13 April 1854 | Launched at Pembroke Dockyard. | ||
| 1 September 1854 - 14 May 1857 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Captain George Fowler Hastings, Mediterranean and Black Sea during the Russian War | ||
| 14 May 1857 - 9 September 1857 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain Arthur Forbes, Mediterranean | ||
| 30 November 1857 - 2 July 1859 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Captain Thomas Henry Mason, Channel squadron | ||
| 11 July 1859 - 4 June 1862 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain Augustus Phillimore, south east coast of America | ||
| 21 April 1863 - 29 April 1864 | Commanded by Commander Henry Bouchier Phillimore, Australian squadron (during the New Zealand War) | ||
| 23 April 1863 - 20 February 1867 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commodore William Saltonstall Wiseman, Australian squadron (during the New Zealand War) | ||
| 17 July 1869 | Breaking up completed. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Fr 1 July 1859 | The screw line-of-battle ship Agamemnon, 91, Capt. Thomas Hope, arrlved at Portland on Tuesday afternoon from Spithead. Her Majesty's vessels now at anchor in that harbour are the Royal Albert, 121; Hero, 91; James Watt, 91; Agamemnon, 91; Algiers, 91; Emerald, 51; Mersey, 40; Curacoa, 31; Blenheim, 60; Pioneer, 6; Flying Fish, 6; and the Biter, 2. | ||
| We 24 July 1861 | PRIZE MONEY. The distribution of the proceeds of the cargo of the ship, name unknown, or Marianne, captured on March 22, 1858, by Her Majesty's ships Styx and Jasper, will commence on Monday, the 29th of July, 1861; that of the proceeds received and tonnage bounty awarded for the brig, name unknown, captured on the 24th of December, 1859, by Her Majesty's ship Triton, will commence on Monday, the 29th of July, 1861; and that of the amount awarded for salvage services rendered to the brig Nina, between the 10th and 14th of February, 1860, by Her Majesty's ship Curaçoa, will commence on Monday, the 29th of July, 1861, all in the Prize Branch of the Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house. Persons Legally entitled to claim the share of any captor are requested to present the same at the department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house. | ||
| Th 14 July 1864 | THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. MELBOURNE, MAY 26. The following is the list of killed and wounded. Where not described otherwise, the wounds are gunshot wounds:- | ||
| Tu 24 January 1865 | The ships of war on the Australian station at the date of the last advices were — the Harrier, 17, Acting-Commander Swan, at New Zealand; the Miranda, 14, Capt. Jenkins, at Sydney; the Eclipse, 4, Commander Fremantle, at New Zealand; the Curacoa, 23, Commodore Sir W. Wiseman, at New Zealand; the Esk, 21, Capt. Luice, at Sydney; the Falcon, 17, Commander Parkin, at New Zealand; and the Salamander, 4, Commander the Hon. J. Carnegie, at Sydney. | ||
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