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| Name | Lapwing (1867) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 8 November 1867 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 663 tons | ||
| Displacement | 774 tons | ||
| Guns | 5 | ||
| Fate | 1885 | ||
| Class | Plover | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/271 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 3 June 1870 - 14 November 1872 | Commanded by Commander Charles George Frederick Knowles, North America and West Indies | ||
| 15 September 1874 - 31 December 1877 | Commanded by Commander William Wiseman, China | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Th 18 January 1877 | Our Hongkong Correspondent writes under date the 14th of December last:— "Her Majesty's ships of war in harbour are the Audacious (flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Ryder), Fly, Growler, Nassau, Ringdove and Vigilant. The orders for the Ringdove to leave here on the 16th of December for England have been countermanded. She will now probably be paid off here, thoroughly repaired by the Naval-yard authorities and re-commissioned with the crew of the Lapwing, her present officers and crew returning to England in the troopship Himalaya. By last advances of the 30th of November, the Charybdis, Frolic, and Mosquito remained by the Lapwing at Chan-shan-tan Island. The weather continued fine, but the chances of getting her afloat were very much against her. The Curlew at Tien-tsin, remains there for the winter. The Growler, after a thorough repair to het boilers, has completed her stores, and proceeds to Amoy in the place of the Fly, ordered to remain in Hongkong. | ||
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