| Name | Bullfinch (1856) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunboat | ||
| Launched | 25 February 1856 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 232 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1864 | ||
| Class | Albacore | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 19 March 1856 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Francis Stafford Thompson | ||
| 28 June 1858 | Commanded by Lieutenant John William James, Portsmouth, tender to Illustrious, then Britannia | ||
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