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| Name | Rosario (1860) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 17 October 1860 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 160 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 140 |
| Builders measure | 673 tons | ||
| Displacement | 927 tons | ||
| Guns | 11 | ||
| Fate | 1884 | Last in commission | 1875 |
| Class | Rosario | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 17 October 1860 | Launched at Deptford Dockyard. | ||
| 20 June 1862 | Commanded (from commissioning) by Commander James Stanley Graham, North Sea (fishery protection) then (October 1862), Noeth America and West Indies | ||
| 14 May 1863 - 30 September 1864 | Commanded by Commander Henry Duncan Grant, North America and West Indies | ||
| (1866) - 13 October 1866 | Commanded (until paying off at Chatham) by Commander Louis Hutton Versturme, North America and West Indies | ||
| 28 September 1867 - 4 October 1867 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Commander Louis Hutton Versturme, Woolwich | ||
| 5 October 1867 - 2 April 1870 | Commanded by Commander George Palmer, Australia | ||
| 15 April 1870 - 11 October 1871 | Commanded by Commander Henry Joseph Challis, Australia | ||
| 28 November 1871 - 12 March 1874 | Commanded by Commander Henry Joseph Challis, Australia | ||
| 13 March 1874 - 12 October 1875 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Commander Arthur Edward Dupuis, Australia | ||
| 31 January 1884 | Sold to Castle for breaking up at Charlton. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Sa 3 April 1875 | During the first three months of the year the following ships have been placed in commission:—The Hercules, Capt. Codrington; the Nymphe, Capt. Suttie; the Undaunted, Capt. Campbell; and the Warrior, Capt. White. The Caledonia, the Egmont, the Fawn, and the Princess Charlotte have been paid off. The following are ordered home:— The Avon, the Boxer, the Cameleon, the Elk, the Iron Duke, the Reindeer, the Rosario, the Scout, the Shearwater, and the Volage. | ||
| Fr 9 April 1875 | The following vessels are under orders to return home from their respective stations, to be paid out of commission:- The Avon, 4, double screw composita gun-vessel, Commander A.T. Powlett, from China. This vessel was re-commissioned on that station on the 18th of July, 1871, when a fresh crew was sent out from England. The Blanche, 6, steamship, Capt. C.H. Simpson, from Australia. This vessel has also served two commissions, having been re-commissioned on the Australian station on the 12th of October, 1871, by a fresh crew sent out for that purpose from England. The Boxer, 4, double screw composite gun vessel, Lieut-Commanding William Collins, from the Pacific. This vessel has, like the two previous ones, served two commissions, having been re-commissioned on the 6th of October, 1872. The Cameleon, 7, steamship, Commander A.J. Kennedy, from the Pacific. The Dido, 8, steamship, Capt. W.C. Chapman, from Australia, The Elk, 4, double-screw composite gun-vessel, Commander Robert H. Harris, from China. The Iron Duke, 14, double-screw iron armour-plated ship, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir C.F.A. Shadwell, K.C.B., Capt. William Arthur, from China. The Reindeer, 7, steam sloop, Commander C.V. Anson, from the Pacific. The Rosario, 3, steam sloop, Commander A.E. Dupuis, from Australia. The Scout, 17, corvette, Capt. R.P. Cator, from the Pacific. The Shearwater, 4, surveying vessel, Commander W.J.L. Wharton, from the East Coast of Africa. The Spartan, 8, steam sloop, Capt. Richard Carter, from North America and West Indies. The Swiftsure, 14, iron armour-plated ship, Capt. J.K.E. Baird, temporary flagship of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir. J.R. Drummond, K.C.B., from the Mediterranean. The Volage, 18, iron steam corvette, cased with wood, Capt. Henry Fairfax, employed on special service. | ||
| Ma 20 June 1881 | Orders have been received at Chatham Dockyard for the following vessels, belonging to the Medway Steam Reserve to be broken up, being of no further use:- Barracouta, paddlewheel sloop, 1,680 tons, 881 horse power; Basilisk paddlewheel sloop, 1,690 tons, 1,033-horse power; Argus, five guns, paddlewheel sloop, 1,660 tons, 764-horse power; Scylla, screw corvette, 2,187 tons, 1,376-horse power; Nymphe, nine guns, screw sloop, 1,574 tons, 2,172-horse power; Camellan. screw sloop, 1,365 tons, 702-horse power; and the Rosario, screw sloop, 913 tons, 436-horse power. | ||
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