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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 | ||
| 14 May 1855 - 23 July 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. | ||
| Ma 14 May 1860 | Her Majesty's ships Gorgon, Icarus, Imaum, and Cossack were at Jamaica, the latter about to proceed to Bermuda. The Emerald, Captain A. Cumming, arrived from Antigua on the 13th of April, with Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.B., and sailed again on the 21st for Colon. The Racer left Jamaica on the 24th for Havannah. Her Majesty's ship Hydra arrived at Trinidad on the 24th of April, with the Bishop of Barbadoes on board. The Styx was about to proceed to Barbadoes. At Greytown, Her Majesty's ship Gladiator. | ||
| Ma 28 May 1860 | At Greytown was Her Majesty's ship Gladiator, the Hydra at St. Vincents, the Valorous at Vera Cruz, the Jasper at Tampico, the Racer at Havannah, the Cossack and Styx at Bermuda. Her Majesty's ship Emerald, with Admiral Milne, had left Colon for Greytown and Bermuda. | ||
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