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| Name | Calypso (launched as Blonde, 1819) | Explanation | |
| Type | Fifth rate | ||
| Launched | 12 January 1819 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 1103 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 46 | ||
| Fate | 1895 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1850 h.s. 1870 = Calypso | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 6 November 1839 - 3 March 1843 | Commanded by Captain Thomas Bourchier, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war). He played a leading role in many actions during the war, and ultimately returned with three million dollars of the 'Chinese ransom'. | ||
| (October 1843) | Out of commission at Portsmouth | ||
| 1870 | Renamed Calypso | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 16 January 1843 | The Blonde, 42. Captain Sir Thomas Bourchier, K.C.B., embarked 3,000,000 dollars at Chusan en the 16th of September, being half the amount of the first instalment paid by the Chinese Government, under the late treaty; the remaining 3,000,000 were embarked at the same time in equal proportions, on board the Herald, 26, Captain Joseph Nias, C.B., Clio, 16, Captain N. Troubridge, Columbine, 16, Captain W.H.A. Morshead, and Modeste, 18, Captain Rundle Watson. The Blonde may now be shortly expected home. | ||
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