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| Name | Pantaloon (1860) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 26 September 1860 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 151 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 574 tons | ||
| Displacement | 798 tons | ||
| Guns | 11 | ||
| Fate | 1867 | Last in commission | 1867 |
| Class | Class (as screw) | Racer | |
| Ships book | ADM 135/347 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 26 September 1860 | Launched at Devonport Dockyard. | ||
| 24 August 1861 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Commander William Robert Hobson, East Indies | ||
| 15 January 1863 | Commanded (from commissioning at the East Indies) by Commander Francis Reginald Purvis, East Indies | ||
| 22 April 1866 - 6 March 1867 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Commander George Lydiard Sulivan, East Indies | ||
| 18 September 1867 | Sold to C. Marshall for breaking up at Plymouth. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| We 18 August 1858 | Sir John Pakington and the other Lords of the Admiralty left the Diadem in Hamoaze at 10 o'clock on Monday morning, and proceeded to the office of the Admiral-Superintendent, Sir Thomas Pasley, in Devonport Dockyard. From 11 to half-past 1 was occupied in mustering the artisans, who were relieved from duty for the remainder of the day. The gunboat Redwing was in attendance to convey their Lordships to the breakwater in Plymouth Sound, but in consequence of the unsettled state of the weather their inspection on Monday was confined entirely to the dockyard. In building slip No. 1 is the screw steam vessel Pantaloon, 10, in frame. No. 2 is vacant. In No. 3 is the Narcissus, 50-gun screw. She was designed for a sailing vessel, and was nearly built in slip No. 2, when it was determined to lengthen and convert her into a steamer. She was therefore, about 12 months since, taken down in pieces, and rebuilt in the present slip, which is larger. In No. 4 is the Java, 20, screw [name unknown; presumed cancelled], just begun framing. In No. 5 slip is the Donegal, 101, screw, seven-eighths built. She will be launched towards the close of September. In dock No. 1 is the Cumberland, 70 guns, docked on the 12th inst., having been ashore, and carried off her false keel in South America. In No. 2 dock is the Liberian schooner Lark, 2, which has been eight years on service on the coast of Africa for survey. As her repairs will cost over 2,000£., and she will then be but an old ship, it is supposed that the Admiralty rather than incur that expense will present the Liberian Government with another vessel. In No. 3 is the sixth-rate sailing ship Creole, 26, forwarding for commission. No. 4 contains the Gannet, 11, screw, preparing for the steam reserve; and No. 5 the second-rate sailing ship Lion, 80, altering to a screw. In the basin is the Topaz, 50, screw, preparing for the steam reserve. Alongside the dockyard are the Aboukir, 90, screw, and the St. Jean d'Acre, 101, screw, both preparing for the steam reserve. The latter will replace the Orion. The Lords of the Admiralty dined in tha evening with Admiral Superintendent Sir John [should be: Thomas] Pasley, after which they patronized a ball at St. George's-hall, Stonehouse, in support of the funds of the Naval and Military Orphan Asylum at Stoke. The official dinner will be given at Bates's Royal Hotel, Plymouth, this (Wednesday) evening, and the levee held in Devonport dockyard to-morrow morning. | ||
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