| Name | Investigator (1861) | Explanation | |
| Type | Survey vessel | ||
| Launched | 16 November 1861 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 149 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | |||
| Fate | 1869 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | ADM 135/253 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 13 December 1861 - 25 March 1863 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Lieutenant Benjamin Langlois Lefroy, west coast of Africa | ||
| 17 October 1863 | Commanded by Lieutenant James Nias Croke, west coast of Africa | ||
| 21 January 1864 - 13 February 1865 | Commanded by Lieutenant Charles George Frederick Knowles, west coast of Africa (until Knowles invalided) | ||
| 25 February 1865 - 19 September 1865 | Commanded by Lieutenant John George Graham McHardy, west coast of Africa (until McHardy died) | ||
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