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| Name | Hornet (1868) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 10 March 1868 | ||
| Hull | Composite | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 465 tons | ||
| Displacement | 603 tons | ||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1889 | ||
| Class | Beacon | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/240 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 2 December 1868 - 2 March 1872 | Commanded by Commander Duncan George Davidson, China | ||
| 6 September 1877 - 11 September 1880 | Commanded by Lieutenant John Sumner Eaton, China | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 12 July 1880 | It is proposed to pay off and lay up, after repair, at Devonport, during the present year the Achilles and Agincourt, now with the Channel Squadron, the Condor and Flamingo, now in the Mediterranean, but commissioned for special service in the Black Sea, the Wild Swan, from the East Indies, and the Modeste, Swinger, Sylvia, Hornet, and Midge from the China station. The two latter will pay off at Hongkong and be navigated home by a supernumerary crew is consequence of the majority of their officers and men having volunteered for other service upon the station. The Wivern will also pay off at Hongkong, but will remain as reserve drill ship upon that station. The Devonport reserve contingent will also be strengthened by the return of the Forward from the south-east coast of America, the Griffon from North America and the West Indies, and the Pelican, Penguin, and Shannon from the Pacific. Portsmouth will receive the Minotaur from the Mediterranean, and will be intrusted with her alteration and repair, for which ?100,000 will be required, the Swallow and the Elk from the south-east coast of America, the Plover from North America, and the Hector, now Coastguard ship at Southampton. The Fawn, surveying vessel in the Sea of Marmora, having made a fairly accurate sketch of the bed of that sea during the three years she has been engaged on that duty, will return to Chatham to pay off and lay up, as also will the T?m?raire from the Mediterranean, and the Tourmaline from the North American coast. Sheerness will have the repairing and charge of the Helicon from the Mediterranean, the Blanche from North America and the West Indies, the Osprey from the Pacific, and the Ruby, Spartan, and Vulture from the East Indies. During the year the Enchantress, the Orontes, the Jackal, the Orwell, and the Foxhound are to be re-commissioned, the latter at Hongkong. | ||
| Th 26 August 1880 | The composite vessel Hornet, Commander Eaton, which left Singapore on the 1st of May on the arrival there of the Comus, reached Spithead yesterday afternoon. She arrived at Malta on the 18th of July, where she was detained several days for the purpose of making good defects in her machinery. She left England for China on the 19th of January, 1869, and was re-commissioned at Hongkong on the 25th of February, 1877. She will go into Portsmouth harbour this afternoon for inspection, and will be paid off into the 4th Division of the Steam Reserve. | ||
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