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| Name | Alacrity (1872) | Explanation | |
| Type | Schooner | ||
| Acquired | 1872 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 85 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 1 | ||
| Fate | 1882 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | ex Ethel | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Th 30 April 1874 | Owing to the difficulties and dangers of navigation among the islands in the South Pacific, the following steam schooners [actually sailing schooners] belonging to the Royal Navy have been added to the fleet on the Australian station as tenders to the Pearl, Commodore J.G. Goodenough, the flagship on that station, for special service in those waters: - The Alacrity, Lieut-Commanding F.W. Saunders; the Beagle, Lieut.-Commanding F.S. Rendell; the Conflict, Lieut.-Commanding A.R. Mansell; the Renard, Lieut.-Commanding T. Suckling; and the Sandfly, Lieut.-Commanding W.B. Nowell. They are constructed of a light draught of water to allow of their cruising in and out among the 200 islands in the South Pacific which form a large portion of the Australian command. | ||
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