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| Name | Lynx (1868) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 25 April 1868 | ||
| Hull | Composite | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 464 tons | ||
| Displacement | 584 tons | ||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1888 | ||
| Class | Beacon | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/291 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 9 December 1868 - 27 December 1870 | Commanded by Commander James Wylie East, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 13 December 1869 | Her Majesty’s ships in Simon’s Bay were the screw steam corvette Rattlesnake, 17, Commodore William M. Dowell, C.B., and the receiving ship Seringapatam. The screw steam corvette Juno, 6, Captain Edward Hardinge, left for England October 25. The Rattlesnake was to leave about the middle of November for the West Coast. At Ascension the Flora, 10, Commander Kirby; the double screw composite gun-vessel Lynx, 4, Commander James W. East; and the iron screw steam storeship Industry, 2, Commander Robert L. Cleveland. The Lynx had lately returned from the Niger expedition, and was unable to proceed on any service, so many of her crew being in the hospital. Most of them were doing well, but others would have to be invalided. The Lynx would remain at Ascension for the arrival of the Commodore, and then probably proceed to tho Cape. Her Majesty’s ship Sirius, 6, Captain Miller, and the double-screw composite gun-vessel Growler, 4, Captain Seymour, were in the Bight of Benin. The double-screw composite gun-vessel Fly, 4, was on the South Coast. Commander Boyer having been obliged to go to Ascension for hospital treatment, Lientenant Charles J. Hives was in charge. The screw steam gun-vessel Myrmidon, 4. Acting Commander Henry H. Alleyne,was on her way to the Cape. | ||
| Tu 15 April 1879 | Tbc following vessels are under orders to return home to be paid off:- Active, 10, iron screw corvette, cased with iron, Capt. Henry J.F. Campbell, from the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa, ordered to Spithead. This vessel was commissioned at Portsmouth, April 13, 1877. The Daphne, 4, screw sloop, Commander [William] H.C. Selby, from the East Indies, ordered to Devonport. This vessel was re-commissioned at Zanzibar, January 1, 1879. The Daring, 4, composite screw sloop, Commander John G.J. Hanmer from the Pacific, ordered to Spithead; commissioned at Chatham, September 29, 1874. The Lynx, 4, double screw composite gun vessel, Commander Francis M. Ommanney, from the East Indies, ordered to Devonport, at which port she was commissioned on the 9th of June, 1875. The Nassau, 4, screw surveying vessel, Commander William M. Lang, from China, ordered to Devonport. This vessel was re-commissioned at Hongkong on the 1st of November, 1878. The Nymphe, 9, steam sloop, Capt. Samuel P. Townsend, from Australia, ordered to Spithead. This vessel was commissioned at Sheerness on the 5th of January, 1875. The Pert, 4, double screw composite gun vessel, Commander Henry C. Aitchison, from North America and West Indies, ordered to Devonport, where she was commissioned on the 1st of July, 1875. The Rover, 18, iron screw corvette, cased with wood, Capt. Thomas Barnardiston, from North America and the West Indies, ordered to Devonport. This vessel was commissioned at Chatham on the 14th of December, 1875. The Sapphire, 14, screw corvette, Capt. E.H. Murray, from Australia, ordered to Devonport, at which port this vessel was commissioned on the 9th of August, 1875. The Sappho, 4, composite screw sloop, Commander Noel S.F. Digby, from the Australian station, ordered to Spithead. This vessel was commissioned at Chatham on the 26th of August, 1874. The Volage, 18, iron corvette, cased with wood, Capt. Richard Carter, from the south-east coast of America, ordered to Portsmouth, at which port she was commissioned on the 6th of July, 1874. | ||
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