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| Name | Active (1869) | Explanation | |
| Type | Corvette | ||
| Launched | 13 March 1869 | ||
| Hull | Iron | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 2322 tons | ||
| Displacement | 3080 tons | ||
| Guns | 10 | ||
| Fate | 1906 | ||
| Class | Volage | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/3 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 4 October 1873 - 12 April 1877 | Commanded by Commodore William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, west coast of Africa | ||
| 13 April 1877 - 29 July 1877 | Commanded by Captain Charles Richard Fox Boxer, West Coast of Africa | ||
| 30 July 1877 - 15 May 1879 | Commanded by Commodore Francis William Sullivan, Commander-in-chief, Cape of Good Hope and West coast of Africa | ||
| 25 March 1879 - 2 July 1879 | Commanded by Acting Captain Henry John Fletcher Campbell, Cape of Good Hope and West coast of Africa | ||
| 3 July 1879 - 25 October 1879 | Commanded by Captain Henry John Fletcher Campbell, Cape of Good Hope and West coast of Africa | ||
| 21 September 1885 - 4 November 1886 | Commanded by Commodore Robert O'Brien Fitzroy, Training squadron | ||
| 5 November 1886 - 4 June 1889 | Commanded by Commodore Albert Hastings Markham, in command of the Training Squadron | ||
| 18 July 1889 - 13 November 1889 | Commanded by Commodore Albert Hastings Markham, in command of the Training Squadron | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Tu 27 November 1877 | The Euphrates left Port Said on the 24th inst. for Malta and Portsmouth. Letters have been received from Commodore Sullivan, in the Active, in Simon's Bay, up to the 29th of October. The Industry would convey Mr. Stanley , the explorer, and his followers to Zanzibar. Letters have been received from Admiral Ryder, in the Audacious, at Hongkong, up to the 11th ult.; he would there await the arrival of his successor. The Sheldrake had returned from Ichang to Hankow. The Lily had gone from Nagasaki to Chinkiang. The Midge left on the 24th of September for Tientsin, where she will winter. The Frolic was still in dock at Shanghai, after collision. The Growler was ordered from the Dindings up to Hongkong, where she will be docked. The Vigilant had been docked. The health of the Squadron was satisfactory. | ||
| Tu 15 April 1879 | Tbc following vessels are under orders to return home to be paid off:- Active, 10, iron screw corvette, cased with iron, Capt. Henry J.F. Campbell, from the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa, ordered to Spithead. This vessel was commissioned at Portsmouth, April 13, 1877. The Daphne, 4, screw sloop, Commander [William] H.C. Selby, from the East Indies, ordered to Devonport. This vessel was re-commissioned at Zanzibar, January 1, 1879. The Daring, 4, composite screw sloop, Commander John G.J. Hanmer from the Pacific, ordered to Spithead; commissioned at Chatham, September 29, 1874. The Lynx, 4, double screw composite gun vessel, Commander Francis M. Ommanney, from the East Indies, ordered to Devonport, at which port she was commissioned on the 9th of June, 1875. The Nassau, 4, screw surveying vessel, Commander William M. Lang, from China, ordered to Devonport. This vessel was re-commissioned at Hongkong on the 1st of November, 1878. The Nymphe, 9, steam sloop, Capt. Samuel P. Townsend, from Australia, ordered to Spithead. This vessel was commissioned at Sheerness on the 5th of January, 1875. The Pert, 4, double screw composite gun vessel, Commander Henry C. Aitchison, from North America and West Indies, ordered to Devonport, where she was commissioned on the 1st of July, 1875. The Rover, 18, iron screw corvette, cased with wood, Capt. Thomas Barnardiston, from North America and the West Indies, ordered to Devonport. This vessel was commissioned at Chatham on the 14th of December, 1875. The Sapphire, 14, screw corvette, Capt. E.H. Murray, from Australia, ordered to Devonport, at which port this vessel was commissioned on the 9th of August, 1875. The Sappho, 4, composite screw sloop, Commander Noel S.F. Digby, from the Australian station, ordered to Spithead. This vessel was commissioned at Chatham on the 26th of August, 1874. The Volage, 18, iron corvette, cased with wood, Capt. Richard Carter, from the south-east coast of America, ordered to Portsmouth, at which port she was commissioned on the 6th of July, 1874. | ||
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