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| Name | Irresistible (1859) | Explanation | |
| Type | Second rate | Type | Two-decker |
| Launched | 27 October 1859 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 190 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 750 |
| Builders measure | 2589 tons | ||
| Displacement | 3842 tons | ||
| Guns | 80 | ||
| Fate | 1894 | Last in commission | 1868 |
| Class | Class (as screw) | Majestic | |
| Ships book | ADM 135/255 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 27 October 1859 | Launched at Chatham Dockyard. | ||
| 1 April 1864 - 16 May 1865 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Captain John Bourmaster Dickson, Coast Guard, Southampton Water (replacing Dauntless) | ||
| (27 May 1865) - 26 September 1867 | Commanded by Captain John Borlase, Coast Guard, Southampton (and July 1867 to Spithead for review) | ||
| 25 September 1867 - 30 April 1868 | Commanded by Captain George Le Geyt Bowyear, Coast Guard, Southampton | ||
| 5 June 1868 - 30 September 1858 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Commander Arthur George Robertson Roe, for transport to Bermuda | ||
| September 1868 | Depot ship, Bermuda. | ||
| (1870) | Bermuda, ship's company borne in Terror. | ||
| (1879) | Depot ship, Bermuda. | ||
| (1890) | Depot ship, Bermuda. | ||
| 1894 | Sold at Bermuda. | ||
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