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| Name | Persian (1839) | Explanation | |
| Type | 2nd class brig | ||
| Launched | 7 October 1839 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 484 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 16 | ||
| Fate | 1866 | ||
| Class | Acorn | ||
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| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 23 February 1840 - 22 November 1840 | Commanded by Commander William Henry Quin, west coast of Africa (until he died) | ||
| 22 November 1840 - 28 February 1841 | Commanded by Acting Commander Thomas Edward Symonds, west coast of Africa | ||
| 4 February 1841 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Rodney Eden, west coast of Africa | ||
| (October 1843) | Out of commission at Devonport | ||
| 1843 - August 1843 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Rodney Eden | ||
| 14 December 1844 | Commanded by Commander Henry Coryton, North America and West Indies | ||
| 7 July 1849 - 24 July 1851 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Commander Archibald Gibson Bulman, North America and West Indies (until Bulman invalided) | ||
| 22 July 1851 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Mitchell, North America and West Indies | ||
| 14 October 1857 | Commanded by Commander John Hanbury Chads, Cape of Good Hope | ||
| 27 January 1859 | Commanded by Commander Edward Hardinge, Cape of Good Hope | ||
| (21 July 1861) | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Commander Cecil William Buckley | ||
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