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| Name | Griffon (1860) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 25 February 1860 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 425 tons | ||
| Displacement | 570 tons | ||
| Guns | 5 | ||
| Fate | 1866 | ||
| Class | Philomel | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/210 | ||
| Note | 1866.10 stranded after collision with Pandora off Little Popo, west Africa | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 27 June 1861 - 29 June 1865 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Commander John Laisné Perry, west coast of Africa | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Th 2 April 1863 | The Pandora, 4, screw gunvessel, Commander Ruxton, has been swung in Portsmouth harbour, to ascertain the deviation of her compass, and is expected to go out of harbour to Spithead to-day before sailing for her destination. | ||
| Tu 13 November 1866 | The following is published at the Admiralty, Whitehall, respecting the loss of the Griffon:- "The Buzzard arrived at Devonport this (Monday) afternoon, after a lengthened passage from Barbadoes. Intelligence has been received from the West Coast of Africa of the loss of Her Majesty's gun vessel Griffon. It appears that the Griffon and Pandora, when standing into Little Popoe, in the Bight of Benin, on the evening of the 2nd of October, unfortunately came into collision, and that the Griffon ran on to the beach shortly afterwards. The Mullet and Pandora had endeavoured, without success, to get the Griffon off up to the evening of the 6th of October, and it was feared she would become a total wreck. Officers and men are all safe and well." | ||
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