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| Name | Indus (1839) | Explanation | |
| Type | Second rate | ||
| Launched | 16 March 1839 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
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| Displacement | 2653 tons | ||
| Guns | 80 | ||
| Fate | 1898 | ||
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| Note | 1860 guardship | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 30 October 1840 - 13 June 1844 | Commanded by Captain James Stirling, Mediterranean | ||
| 25 November 1856 - 27 February 1857 | Commanded by Captain John Charles Dalrymple Hay, flagship of Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, Devonport | ||
| 25 April 1857 - 5 September 1859 | Commanded by Captain John Charles Dalrymple Hay, flagship of Vice-Admiral Houston Stewart on the North America and West Indies station | ||
| August 1859 - 19 April 1860 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain William King Hall, flagship of Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, North America and West Indies | ||
| 14 July 1860 - 3 July 1863 | Commanded by Captain Astley Cooper Key, guard ship of the Steam Reserve, Devonport, flagship of the Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard (Rear-Admiral Thomas Sabine Pasley, then Rear-Admiral Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds) | ||
| 1 January 1864 | Commanded by Captain William Edmonstone, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds, flagship of the Admiral Superintendent, Devonport Dockyard | ||
| 18 April 1866 - 27 January 1869 | Commanded by Captain George Ommaney Willes, flagship of Rear-Admiral James Robert Drummond, guard ship of reserve, and flagship of the Admiral Superintendant, Devonport dockyard | ||
| 26 January 1869 | Commanded by Captain William Garnham Luard, flagship of Rear-Admiral James Robert Drummond, flag ship of the Admiral Superintendent, Devonport | ||
| 11 May 1870 - 1873 | Commanded by Captain Charles Fellowes, flagship of Admiral James Robert Drummond, Devonport, and captain of the Steam Reserve | ||
| 15 March 1875 - 9 October 1875 | Commanded by Captain Radulphus Bryce Oldfield, flagship of Rear-Admiral William Charles Chamberlain, superintendent of Devonport Dockyard | ||
| 1 January 1877 | Commanded by Captain Charles Thomas Curme, flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles Webley Hope, Guard Ship of Reserve, Devonport | ||
| 7 October 1882 | Commanded by Captain Edward Kelly, guardship of Reserve, Devonport | ||
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