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| Name | Gladiator (1844) | Explanation | |
| Type | 2nd class frigate | ||
| Launched | 15 October 1844 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 1190 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1960 tons | ||
| Guns | 6 | ||
| Fate | 1879 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | ADM 135/193 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 12 December 1845 - 10 March 1849 | Commanded (until paying off) by Captain John Robb, Channel squadron, then Mediterranean | ||
| 4 January 1850 - 15 June 1852 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain John Adams, west coast of Africa | ||
| 3 April 1854 - 5 June 1855 | Commanded by Captain George Nathaniel Broke Middleton, Mediterranean, and (1855) the Black Sea during the Russian War | ||
| May 1855 - June 1855 | Commanded by Acting Captain Robert Hall, Sea of Azov during Russian War | ||
| 7 June 1855 | Commanded by Captain Charles Farrell Hillyar, Mediterranean, and the Black Sea during the Russian War | ||
| 22 June 1859 - 8 November 1861 | Commanded by Commander Henry Dennis Hickley, North America and West Indies | ||
| 9 March 1864 | Commanded (from commissioning) by Captain Francis Henry Shortt, particular service | ||
| (15 June 1865) - 15 June 1868 | Commanded by Captain Elphinstone D'Oyly D'Auvergne Aplin, particular service, including for trails for the Floating Obstruction Committee | ||
| 19 August 1869 - 20 February 1872 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain Norman Bernard Bedingfield, south-east coast of America | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| We 6 February 1850 | Plymouth, Feb 5. Her Majesty's steam frigate Gladiator, having in tow het tender the Jackal steamer, left yesterday for Madeira and the coast of Africa. | ||
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