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| Name | Magnet (1856) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunboat | ||
| Launched | 29 January 1856 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 232 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1874 | ||
| Class | Albacore | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/294 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 7 March 1856 - 10 September 1856 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Lieutenant Charles John Rowley | ||
| 12 October 1859 - 30 September 1861 | Commanded by Lieutenant Benjamin Langlois Lefroy, tender to Pembroke, Coast Guard, Harwich | ||
| 17 October 1863 - 21 July 1865 | Commanded by Lieutenant George Parsons, tender to Pembroke, Harwich | ||
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