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| Name | Vigilant (1856) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 25 February 1856 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 680 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1869 | ||
| Class | Vigilant | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/494 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 19 March 1856 | Commanded by Commander William Armytage, Mediterranean | ||
| 21 December 1861 - 13 May 1862 | Commanded by Commander John William Pike, Channel squadron | ||
| 10 May 1862 | Commanded by Commander William Buller Fullerton Elphinstone, Channel squadron | ||
| 9 February 1863 - 21 August 1865 | Commanded (from commissioning at Chatham) by Commander William Robert Hobson, East Indies | ||
| 19 August 1865 - 25 June 1866 | Commanded by Commander William Henry Jones-Byrom, East Indies | ||
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