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| Name | Crescent (1810) | Explanation | |
| Type | Fifth rate | ||
| Launched | 11 December 1810 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 1084 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 38 | ||
| Fate | 1854 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1840 h.s. | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 29 November 1839 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Malachi Donellan, receiving ship for liberated slaves at Rio de Janeiro | ||
| 9 July 1844 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander William Glassford Hemsworth, receving ship, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| 5 February 1847 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Thomas Charles Meheux, receiving ship, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 22 May 1848 | The Kestrel packet left Monte Video the 12th of March, and arrived at Rio the 30th, and remained with Her Majesty's ship Comus, Acheron steamer, and Crescent receiving ship. | ||
| Ma 24 April 1854 | The Centaur, 11, paddlewheel frigate, Captain Harvey, flagship of Rear-Admiral Henderson on the Brazils station, arrived at Portsmouth at noon on Saturday. She left Rio on the 14th ult. At 1 p.m., when the Madagascar (bearing Rear-Admiral Henderson's flag), Crescent, Trident, and Sharpshooter were there. Exchange, 28¾ to 29d. Per milreis. Left Bahia on the 20th of March, St. Vincents on the 9th inst., and Madeira on the 14th. The United States' frigate Constitution was at the last-named port, and the only pendant lying there. The Centaur reports seeing on Friday a squadron of six sailing ships and a steamer off the French coast, no doubt part of the French squadron from Brest for the Baltic. In saluting the flag of Rear-Admiral Henderson, on its being transferred to the Madagascar at Rio on the 14th ult., the charge of one of the Centaur's guns prematurely exploded and blew off the right arms of two seamen. The poor fellows are now doing well. The Centaur steamed into harbour without anchoring at Spithead, and hauled alongside of the coaling depôt to take in fuel, &c. What necessary repairs she required were done with the utmost expedition; she was revictualled with equal alacrity by the authorities of the Clarence-yard, and yesterday morning steamed out of harbour for the Baltic. | ||
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