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| Name | Juno (1867) | Explanation | |
| Type | Corvette | ||
| Launched | 28 November 1867 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 200 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 200 |
| Builders measure | 1462 tons | ||
| Displacement | 2083 tons | ||
| Guns | 6 | ||
| Fate | 1887 | Last in commission | 1879 |
| Class | Juno | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/263 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 28 November 1867 | Launched at Deptford Dockyard | ||
| 6 May 1868 - 2 January 1869 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Captain William Alfred Rumbulow Pearse, transport to North America and West Indies (apparently referred to as 'the dark horse of the navy', because it was unclear whether she was a corvette or an armed transport) | ||
| 28 December 1868 - 8 March 1870 | Commanded by Captain Edward Hardinge, China | ||
| 14 March 1870 - 14 June 1873 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain John Kennedy Erskine Baird, China | ||
| 4 November 1875 - 23 October 1879 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain James Augustus Poland, China (and 29 March - 17 May 1877, Hong Kong hospital) | ||
| December 1887 | Sold. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 13 December 1869 | Her Majesty’s ships in Simon’s Bay were the screw steam corvette Rattlesnake, 17, Commodore William M. Dowell, C.B., and the receiving ship Seringapatam. The screw steam corvette Juno, 6, Captain Edward Hardinge, left for England October 25. The Rattlesnake was to leave about the middle of November for the West Coast. At Ascension the Flora, 10, Commander Kirby; the double screw composite gun-vessel Lynx, 4, Commander James W. East; and the iron screw steam storeship Industry, 2, Commander Robert L. Cleveland. The Lynx had lately returned from the Niger expedition, and was unable to proceed on any service, so many of her crew being in the hospital. Most of them were doing well, but others would have to be invalided. The Lynx would remain at Ascension for the arrival of the Commodore, and then probably proceed to tho Cape. Her Majesty’s ship Sirius, 6, Captain Miller, and the double-screw composite gun-vessel Growler, 4, Captain Seymour, were in the Bight of Benin. The double-screw composite gun-vessel Fly, 4, was on the South Coast. Commander Boyer having been obliged to go to Ascension for hospital treatment, Lientenant Charles J. Hives was in charge. The screw steam gun-vessel Myrmidon, 4. Acting Commander Henry H. Alleyne,was on her way to the Cape. | ||
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