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| Name | Assurance (1856) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 13 March 1856 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 681 tons | ||
| Displacement | 860 tons | ||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1870 | ||
| Class | Vigilant | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/28 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 18 March 1856 - 4 July 1856 | Commanded by Commander William Gore-Jones, Portsmouth | ||
| 17 July 1857 - 2 November 1861 | Commanded by Commander Charles Murray-Aynsley, East Indies and China | ||
| 9 May 1864 | Commanded by Commander Henry Bedford Woollcombe, Mediterranean | ||
| 9 May 1866 - 2 July 1867 | Commanded by Commander William Henry Pym, Mediterranean | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Fr 28 December 1860 | Her Majesty’s screw corvette Scylla, Commander R. Lambert, and screw frigate Amphion, Capt. T. Cochrane, left Valetta on the 15th inst. — the former for the Piraeus and the Levant, and the latter for Sicily. Her Majesty’s line-of-battle ship Orion, Capt. J. Frere, left on the 20th Inst. for Corfu, a vessel from that island coming down there to take her place. The Victor Emmanuel, Capt. W. Clifford, C.B., is still there under repair, which will take a long time to complete. Besides the Hibernia recelvlng-shlp, flag of Rear-Admiral Codrington, there were only three British men-of-war at Malta, the Victor Emmanuel, the Melpomene, and the Assurance gunboat, which last reached there on the 22d of December from Corfu with despatches and a mail. A letter from Corfu of the 18th inst. says,— "The Assurance gunboat will leave to-morrow with a mail for Malta. The gunboat Foxhound arrived yesterday from Malta, and is still in harbour. The Caesar line-of-battle ship came into port on the night of the 14th inst.; and a liner, I believe the James Watt, left for Malta or Naples on the following morning. This morning the Mars and London sailed out of the channel for a cruise, and as I am writing the Marlborough, which had returned from a cruise of two days, has hoisted sail, and is beating about the port. I expect all the ships that are here at present will leave to-day; but it is not likely that Admiral Martin will allow the fleet to spend their Christmas at sea.” | ||
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