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| Name | Perseus (1861) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | ||
| Launched | 21 August 1861 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 185 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 180 |
| Builders measure | 955 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1365 tons | ||
| Guns | 17 | ||
| Fate | 1931 | Last in commission | 1869 |
| Class | Camelion | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 21 August 1861 | Launched at Pembroke Dockyard | ||
| 28 September 1862 - 21 November 1864 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Commander Augustus John Kingston, China (including the bombardments of Kagoshima and Simonoseki) | ||
| 21 November 1864 - 22 January 1866 | Commanded (until paying off) by Commander Charles Edward Stevens, China | ||
| 23 January 1866 - 24 October 1869 | Commanded (from commissioning until paying off) by Commander Charles Edward Stevens, China | ||
| (1879) | Used for scrubbing hammocks &c. for Cambridge, Devonport | ||
| (1890) | Attached to Defiance for torpedo instructional purposes, Devonport | ||
| 1904 | Renamed Defiance II | ||
| 26 June 1931 | Sold | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| (various) | this gets replaced | ||
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