| Name | Grasshopper (1855) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunboat | ||
| Launched | 8 December 1855 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 232 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1871 | ||
| Class | Albacore | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/208 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 29 January 1856 - 16 June 1856 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Lieutenant William Frederick Lee | ||
| 27 September 1859 | Commanded by Lieutenant John Collier Tucker, East Indies and China | ||
| 10 December 1862 - 1 June 1864 | Commanded by Lieutenant Francis William Bennett, East Indies and China | ||
| 23 November 1864 | Commanded by Lieutenant George Digby Morant, China | ||
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