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| Name | Diamond (1848) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sixth rate | ||
| Launched | 29 August 1848 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 1051 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 28 | ||
| Fate | 1885 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1866 lent as t.s. 1868 = Joseph Straker | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 19 October 1853 - 6 January 1855 | Commanded by Captain William Peel, Mediterranean (and Black Sea during the Russian War) | ||
| 15 January 1855 - 18 February 1857 | Commanded (until paying off at Chatham) by Captain Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton, Mediterranean during the Russian War | ||
| 13 January 1868 | Renamed Joseph Straker | ||
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