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| Name | Clio (1807) | Explanation | |
| Type | Brig-sloop | ||
| Launched | 10 January 1807 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 389 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 18 | ||
| Fate | 1845 | ||
| Class | Cruizer | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 30 April 1830 - 17 June 1833 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander John James Onslow, South America | ||
| 28 May 1839 - 11 August 1841 | Commanded by Commander Stephen Grenville Fremantle, South America | ||
| 1841 | Commanded by Commander Edward Norwich Troubridge, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
| 30 December 1842 | Commanded by Commander James Fitzjames, East Indies | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 16 January 1843 | The Blonde, 42. Captain Sir Thomas Bourchier, K.C.B., embarked 3,000,000 dollars at Chusan en the 16th of September, being half the amount of the first instalment paid by the Chinese Government, under the late treaty; the remaining 3,000,000 were embarked at the same time in equal proportions, on board the Herald, 26, Captain Joseph Nias, C.B., Clio, 16, Captain N. Troubridge, Columbine, 16, Captain W.H.A. Morshead, and Modeste, 18, Captain Rundle Watson. The Blonde may now be shortly expected home. | ||
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