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| Name | Growler (1868) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 1 December 1868 | ||
| Hull | Composite | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | |||
| Displacement | 584 tons | ||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1887 | ||
| Class | Beacon | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/214 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 29 June 1869 - 14 June 1870 | Commanded (from commissioning at Devonport) by Commander Edward Hobart Seymour, west coast of Africa | ||
| 20 June 1870 - 20 June 1873 | Commanded by Commander Edmund Hope Verney, west coast of Africa ( on passage 21 June - 27 June 1873) | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 13 December 1869 | Her Majesty’s ships in Simon’s Bay were the screw steam corvette Rattlesnake, 17, Commodore William M. Dowell, C.B., and the receiving ship Seringapatam. The screw steam corvette Juno, 6, Captain Edward Hardinge, left for England October 25. The Rattlesnake was to leave about the middle of November for the West Coast. At Ascension the Flora, 10, Commander Kirby; the double screw composite gun-vessel Lynx, 4, Commander James W. East; and the iron screw steam storeship Industry, 2, Commander Robert L. Cleveland. The Lynx had lately returned from the Niger expedition, and was unable to proceed on any service, so many of her crew being in the hospital. Most of them were doing well, but others would have to be invalided. The Lynx would remain at Ascension for the arrival of the Commodore, and then probably proceed to tho Cape. Her Majesty’s ship Sirius, 6, Captain Miller, and the double-screw composite gun-vessel Growler, 4, Captain Seymour, were in the Bight of Benin. The double-screw composite gun-vessel Fly, 4, was on the South Coast. Commander Boyer having been obliged to go to Ascension for hospital treatment, Lientenant Charles J. Hives was in charge. The screw steam gun-vessel Myrmidon, 4. Acting Commander Henry H. Alleyne,was on her way to the Cape. | ||
| Th 18 January 1877 | Our Hongkong Correspondent writes under date the 14th of December last:— "Her Majesty's ships of war in harbour are the Audacious (flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Ryder), Fly, Growler, Nassau, Ringdove and Vigilant. The orders for the Ringdove to leave here on the 16th of December for England have been countermanded. She will now probably be paid off here, thoroughly repaired by the Naval-yard authorities and re-commissioned with the crew of the Lapwing, her present officers and crew returning to England in the troopship Himalaya. By last advances of the 30th of November, the Charybdis, Frolic, and Mosquito remained by the Lapwing at Chan-shan-tan Island. The weather continued fine, but the chances of getting her afloat were very much against her. The Curlew at Tien-tsin, remains there for the winter. The Growler, after a thorough repair to het boilers, has completed her stores, and proceeds to Amoy in the place of the Fly, ordered to remain in Hongkong. | ||
| 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. | ||
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