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| Name | Orestes (1824) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 31 May 1824 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 460 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 18 | ||
| Fate | 1905 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1852 = C.28, c.h. | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 1 May 1826 | Commanded by Commander William Jones, Halifax | ||
| 12 August 1830 - 30 September 1833 | Commanded by Commander William Nugent Glascock, home station, then (end of 1832) in the River Douro as part of the British squadron during the Portuguese civil war | ||
| 28 September 1833 | Commanded by Commander William Dickson, Lisbon | ||
| 6 June 1834 - 1836 | Commanded by Commander Henry John Codrington, Mediterranean | ||
| 3 August 1838 - 12 November 1841 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander Peter Sampson Hambly, South America | ||
| 20 August 1842 - November 1843 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Commander Swynfen Thomas Carnegie, North America and West Indies, then (September 1843) the Mediterranean | ||
| 1843 | Commanded by Commander John James Robinson, Mediterranean | ||
| November 1843 - 8 September 1846 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander Edward St Leger Cannon, Mediterranean | ||
| 26 October 1848 - 29 April 1852 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander Henry Samuel Hawker, Cape of Good Hope | ||
| 11 November 1852 | Docked at Portsmouth to be converted to a coal depôt | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 19 June 1843 | DUBLIN, June16. The Irish Naval Squadron. It appears from the Cork papers of last night, that the naval squadron at present assembling at Cove has been further reinforced by the arrival of the Orestes sloop, 18 guns, Commander the Hon. S.T. Carnegie, and the Racer brig, 16 guns, Commander A. Reed. A letter dated Cove, Thursday, June 15. says,— "At 10 o'clock this morning, the Lightning, Government steamer, with Rear Admiral Bowles, arrived, and soon afterwards his flag (blue at the mizzen) was hoisted on board Her Majesty’s ship Malabar, under a salute from the other vessels of war in the harbour. The Cyclops steamer has also arrived; and Her Majesty's ship Rose sailed last evening: her destination is said to be Halifax and West Indies."The Cork Reporter, in alluding to these arrivals, remarks:— The River Steamer Company will have reason to bless Lord De Grey, or the Government, or whoever it was that sent the Irish squadron to Cove, for their vessels, which we believe have departed from the quay at every hour since 3 o’clock this morning, have been crowded and crammed with passengers going down to see the sight which the harbour presents — a very novel one in these days and for years past, though in bygone times such a thing was not unusual. The ships now below are —The Malabar,72, Admiral Bowles, the Orestes, 18, Hon. S.T. Carnegie, the Racer, 16, Commander Reed; the Scylla, and the Tyne; and the Meteor and Lightning steamers. The Inconstant frigate is stated in some postings about the town to be also at Cove, bat this is not the fact. Dr. Yerling, the surgeon of that vessel, which has only lately returned from China, passed through this city a few days ago for Mallow, intending to make a stay there, but he has received orders to join at Plymouth with as little delay as may be, as she was about to be put in commission forthwith, and despatched to Cove to replace the Malabar, which is to leave in a day or two. A guardship is to be stationed in Cove, and an admiral also. The house in the town known as the 'Admiralty house' has been taken and fitted up for the accommodation of Admiral Bowles, who is to hoist his flag this day on board the Malabar." The whole of these arrangements appear to have thrown the excitable inhabitants of the "beautiful city" into a perfect delirium of delight. | ||
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