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| Name | Hyacinth (1829) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 6 May 1829 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 435 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 18 | ||
| Fate | 1871 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1860 c.h. | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 18 July 1837 - 2 June 1840 | Commanded by Commander William Warren, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
| 15 July 1840 - 5 May 1841 | Commanded by Commander William Warren, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
| 15 August 1841 - 24 November 1842 | Commanded by Commander George Goldsmith, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
| (January 1843) | Out of commission at Sheerness | ||
| 9 September 1843 - 20 January 1847 | Commanded by Commander Francis Scott, North America and West Indies | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Sa 24 December 1842 | The Hyacinth, 18, Commander G. Goldsmith; Herald, 26, Captain Joseph Nias; Modeste, 18, Commander R. Watson; Favourite, 18, Commander Thomas Sullivan; Columbine, 16, Commander W.H.A. Morshead; Chamelion, 10, Lieutenant Commander G. Hunter; and the Algerine, 10, Lieutenant Commander W.H. Maitland, forming part of the squadron now in China and the East Indies, are under orders to proceed to England, as soon as the arrangements entered into between this country and China are perfected. Most of these ships have been in commission five years, and some of them nearly six. | ||
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