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| Name | Asia (1824) | Explanation | |
| Type | Second rate | ||
| Launched | 19 January 1824 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 2289 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 84 | ||
| Fate | 1908 | ||
| Class | Canopus | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1858 guard ship | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 8 June 1828 - 28 April 1830 | Commanded by Captain William James Hope Johnstone, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, Mediterranean | ||
| 25 December 1831 - 28 July 1834 | Commanded by Captain Peter Richards, flagship of Rear-Admiral William Parker, Lisbon | ||
| 18 March 1836 - May 1841 | Commanded by Captain William Fisher, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) | ||
| 25 August 1847 - 24 May 1851 | Commanded by Captain Robert Fanshawe Stopford, flagship of Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby, Pacific | ||
| 29 April 1859 - 18 May 1861 | Commanded by Captain George Thomas Gordon, guard ship of Ordinary, Portsmouth (replacing Hannibal) | ||
| 19 May 1861 - 27 February 1864 | Commanded by Captain Henry Broadhead, guard ship of Ordinary, Portsmouth (replacing Hannibal) | ||
| 26 February 1864 - 7 May 1866 | Commanded by Captain Henry Caldwell, guard-ship of Ordinary, Portsmouth | ||
| 11 June 1866 - 2 December 1868 | Commanded by Captain William Charles Chamberlain, Portsmouth (flag-ship of Admiral Superintendent) and captain of the Steam Reserve | ||
| 3 December 1868 - 31 December 1871 | Commanded by Captain Edward Bridges Rice, Portsmouth (flag-ship of Admiral Superintendent) and captain of the Steam Reserve | ||
| 1 January 1872 - 5 March 1874 | Commanded by Captain Richard James Meade, flagship of Rear-Admiral Francis Leopold McClintock, Admiral Superintent, Portsmouth | ||
| 14 March 1876 - 14 May 1877 | Commanded by Captain Charles Lodowick Darley Waddilove, Guardship of Reserve, Portsmouth | ||
| 15 May 1877 - 15 October 1877 | Commanded by Captain George Henry Parkin, and Captain of the Steam Reserve, Portsmouth | ||
| 31 August 1880 - 20 June 1881 | Commanded by Captain William Codrington, and Captain of the Steam Reserve, Portsmouth | ||
| 20 June 1881 - 1 July 1884 | Commanded by Captain Philip Howard Colomb, and captain of the steam reserve, Portsmouth | ||
| 21 June 1884 - 16 July 1885 | Commanded by Captain Henry Frederick Nicholson, flagship of Rear-Admiral Frederick Anstruther Herbert, Guardship of Reserve, Portsmouth | ||
| 27 July 1885 - 31 December 1887 | Commanded by Captain Richard Edward Tracey, captain of the Steam Reserve, Portsmouth | ||
| 14 November 1889 - 31 July 1891 | Commanded by Captain Albert Hastings Markham, flagship of Rear-Admiral William Elrington Gordon, Admiral Superintendent, Portsmouth | ||
| 28 June 1899 - 23 June 1901 | Commanded by Captain Alfred Arthur Chase Parr, guard ship of Reserve, flag ship of the Admiral Superintendant, Portsmouth | ||
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