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| Name | Lightning (1829) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 2 June 1829 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 463 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 18 | ||
| Fate | 1866 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1832 = Larne | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 12 October 1832 | Renamed Larne | ||
| 9 March 1837 - 2 July 1842 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Commander Patrick John Blake, East Indies | ||
| (January 1843) | Out of commission at Sheerness | ||
| 14 November 1843 - 5 July 1847 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Commander John William Douglas Brisbane, west coast of Africa | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Th 23 December 1852 | SHEERNESS, Dec. 21. The Rattlesnake, 8 guns, is having her copper stripped, and is progressing actively in being rigged. She is to be fitted with the masts, spars, and sails of the Larne, 14, gun sloop, which have been sent from Chatham-yard, the Larne having last paid off there. | ||
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