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| Name | Curlew (1854) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 31 May 1854 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 139 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 486 tons | ||
| Displacement | 625 tons | ||
| Guns | 9 | ||
| Fate | 1865 | Last in commission | 1865 |
| Class | Swallow | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/113 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 31 May 1854 | Launched at Deptford Dockyard. | ||
| 16 August 1854 - 1 October 1855 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Commander Rowley Lambert, Mediterranean (and Black Sea during the Russian War) | ||
| 1 October 1855 - 1 February 1856 | Commanded by Commander John James Kennedy, Mediterranean | ||
| 1 February 1856 - 11 December 1858 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Commander William Horton, Mediterranean | ||
| 20 August 1860 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Commander Edward Wingfield Shaw, south-east coast of America | ||
| 9 August 1861 | Commanded by Commander Charles Stuart Forbes, south-east coast of America | ||
| 8 December 1862 - 31 August 1863 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Alexander Pakenham, south-east coast of America | ||
| 18 May 1865 | Paid off. | ||
| 29 August 1865 | Sold to C. Marshall for breaking up at Plymouth. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Th 14 December 1854 | On Tuesday morning a large number of volunteers for ships stationed in the Black Sea, the screw steam corvettes Esk, Curlew, and Tartar, and for the steam troopship Perseverance, fitting out for the Mediterranean at Woolwich, Chatham, and Portsmouth, were draughted from Her Majesty's ship Crocodile, receiving-ship, off the Tower, to the abovementioned ports. | ||
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