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| Name | Columbine (1826) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 1 December 1826 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 492 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 18 | ||
| Fate | 1892 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1849 12 gun brig. 1854 c.h. | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 26 January 1828 - 1830 | Commanded by Commander John Townshend, Halifax | ||
| 12 February 1834 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Henderson, Mediterranean | ||
| 29 May 1838 - 29 June 1840 | Commanded by Commander George Elliot, Cape of Good Hope & Coast of Africa | ||
| 3 June 1840 - October 1841 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Jordaine Clarke, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
| 16 October 1841 - 1843 | Commanded by Commander William Henry Anderson Morshead, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
| (October 1843) | Out of commission at Chatham | ||
| 25 June 1846 - 7 November 1846 | Commanded by Commander James Richard Booth, East Indies | ||
| 16 December 1847 - 15 April 1850 | Commanded (until paying off at Chatham) by Commander John Charles Dalrymple Hay, East Indies | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Sa 24 December 1842 | The Hyacinth, 18, Commander G. Goldsmith; Herald, 26, Captain Joseph Nias; Modeste, 18, Commander R. Watson; Favourite, 18, Commander Thomas Sullivan; Columbine, 16, Commander W.H.A. Morshead; Chamelion, 10, Lieutenant Commander G. Hunter; and the Algerine, 10, Lieutenant Commander W.H. Maitland, forming part of the squadron now in China and the East Indies, are under orders to proceed to England, as soon as the arrangements entered into between this country and China are perfected. Most of these ships have been in commission five years, and some of them nearly six. | ||
| 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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