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| Name | Myrtle (launched as Malabar, 1818) | Explanation | |
| Type | Third rate | ||
| Launched | 28 December 1818 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 1715 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 74 | ||
| Fate | 1905 | ||
| Class | Repulse | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1848 c.h. 1883 = Myrtle | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 14 February 1838 - 31 January 1839 | Commanded by Captain Edward Harvey, North America and West Indies | ||
| 19 August 1841 - 1844 | Commanded by Captain George Rose Sartorius, Mediterranean | ||
| 30 October 1883 | Renamed Myrtle | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Fr 1 July 1859 | The Impérieuse, 51, screw, Captain R.B. Maguire, has been brought down Portsmouth harbour and placed along-side the Malabar, coal depôt, for the purpose of coaling. The Neptune, 91, screw, Captain Sir W. Hoste, has crossed lower and topsail yards and placed battens on her rigging, in readiness for rattling down. She has hauled off from alongside the sheer jetty to alongside the Prince Regent hulk, in Portsmouth harbour. The Sidon, 22, paddle, Captain R.B. Crawford, is coaling alongside the north quay of the fitting basin. The Dauntless, 32, screw, Captain W. Edmonstone, in the steam basin at Portsmouth, has commenced crossing her lower and topsailyards. The Sphinx, 6, paddle, and the Beagle, 8, screw, have both been brought down Portsmouth harbour, and placed in the steam basin, to be advanced to the first-class steam reserve. | ||
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