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| Name | Orestes (1824) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 31 May 1824 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 460 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 18 | ||
| Fate | 1905 | ||
| Class | |||
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| Note | 1852 = C.28, c.h. | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 1 May 1826 | Commanded by Commander William Jones, Halifax | ||
| 10 March 1831 - 3 June 1833 | Commanded by Commander William Nugent Glascock, home station, then (end of 1832) in the River Douro as part of the British squadron during the Portuguese civil war | ||
| 28 September 1833 | Commanded by Commander William Dickson, Lisbon | ||
| 6 June 1834 - 1836 | Commanded by Commander Henry John Codrington, Mediterranean | ||
| 3 August 1838 - 12 November 1841 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander Peter Sampson Hambly, South America | ||
| 20 August 1842 - November 1843 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Commander Swynfen Thomas Carnegie, North America and West Indies, then (September 1843) the Mediterranean | ||
| 1843 | Commanded by Commander John James Robinson, Mediterranean | ||
| November 1843 - 8 September 1846 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander Edward St Leger Cannon, Mediterranean | ||
| 26 October 1848 - 29 April 1852 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander Henry Samuel Hawker, Cape of Good Hope | ||
| 11 November 1852 | Docked at Portsmouth to be converted to a coal depôt | ||
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