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| Name | Buzzard (1849) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 24 March 1849 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 980 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1530 tons | ||
| Guns | 6 | ||
| Fate | 1883 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 7 May 1852 | Commanded by Commander William Hugh Dobbie, North America and West Indies | ||
| 5 August 1857 - 3 October 1860 | Commanded by Commander Francis Peel, south-east coast of America | ||
| 20 August 1860 | Commanded by Acting Commander John Trevenen, south-east coast of America | ||
| 21 January 1863 | Commanded by Commander Herbert Frederick Winnington Ingram, North America and West Indies | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 6 September 1852 | The Sappho, 12, Commander the Hon. A. Cochrane, arrived at Forteau on the 25th of July; and the Buzzard, 8, steam-sloop, on the 7th of August, from St. John’s, Newfoundland. | ||
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