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| Name | Calcutta (1831) | Explanation | |
| Type | Second rate | ||
| Launched | 14 March 1831 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 2299 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 84 | ||
| Fate | 1908 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1865 gunnery ship | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| (January 1840) | Out of commission at Plymouth | ||
| 22 August 1840 - 17 May 1842 | Commanded (from commissioning) by Captain Samuel Roberts, Mediterranean, and Lisbon (until invallided) | ||
| 17 May 1842 - 19 November 1842 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain George Frederick Rich, particular service | ||
| 28 April 1854 - 2 March 1856 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Captain James John Stopford, Devonport, then Portsmouth, then transport to and from the Baltic during the Russian war | ||
| 3 March 1856 - August 1859 | Commanded by Captain William King Hall, flagship of Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour, East Indies (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | ||
| 26 February 1858 - 12 August 1859 | Commanded by Commander James Graham Goodenough, East Indies and China (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | ||
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