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| Name | Vestal (1865) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 16 November 1865 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 187 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 150 |
| Builders measure | 1081 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1597 tons | ||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1884 | Last in commission | 1880 |
| Class | Amazon | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/489 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 16 November 1865 | Launched at Pembroke Dockyard. | ||
| 26 January 1867 - January 1868 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Commander Spencer Phipps Brett, west coast of Africa | ||
| 19 February 1868 - 29 May 1868 | Commanded by Acting Commander Henry Stair Sandys, west coast of Africa | ||
| (April 1868) - April 1874 | Commanded (until paying off at Bermuda) by Commander James Edward Hunter, west coast of Africa, then (January 1869) North America and West Indies | ||
| April 1871 - 9 August 1871 | Commanded (from commissioning at Bermuda until paying off) by Commander William Robert Kennedy, North America and West Indies | ||
| 14 July 1875 - 9 July 1877 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Commander Henry Hand, East Indies | ||
| 24 May 1877 - 31 December 1878 | Commanded by Commander William Henry Collingwood Selby, East Indies | ||
| 6 July 1877 - 1 January 1879 | Commanded (until paying off at Zanzibar) by Commander Dashwood Goldie Tandy, East Indies | ||
| 23 July 1880 | Paid off. | ||
| December 1884 | Sold to Castle for breaking up at Charlton. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Tu 25 July 1871 | The following vessels of war are now on their passage home for the purpose of being put out of commission and their crew paid off: - The Forte, 24, 2,364 tons, 400-horse power, Capt. H. Fairfax, flagship of Rear-Admiral J.H. Cockburn, commanding the East India squadron, and the Nymph, 4, 1,084 tons, 300-horse power, Commander R. Adams, from the East Indies; the Charybdis, 17, 1,506 tons, 400-horse power, Capt. A.M'L. Lyons, from the Pacific; the Virago, 6, 1,053 tons, 200-horse power, paddlewheel steamer, Commander H.S. Sandys, from Australia; the | ||
| Tu 6 January 1880 | The following Information respecting the movements of Her Majesty’s ships is supplied by the Admiralty The Achilles arrived at Gibraltar on the 3d inst., would coal on the 5th, and leave for Lisbon on the 6th inst. The Orontes arrived at Port Said on the 3d inst. The Jumna arrived at Port Said on the 3d inst. The Euphrates arrived at Malta on the 1st inst., and sailed on the 2d for Port Said. The Comus arrived at Madeira on the 3d inst. and left on the 4th. The Albatross arrived at Aden on the 1st of January and proceeded. From the East Indies Station letters have been received from Rear-Admiral Gore Jones in the Vulture, at Bombay, up to the 15th of December. The Euryalus left on the 13th of December for Aden and Suez; she will be docked at Suez; Rear-Admiral Jones, having transferred his flag to the Vulture, remains at Bombay. The Ruby returned to Rangoon on the 14h of December from Maulmain; she will procced to Trincomalee and Bombay when relieved by the Spartan. The Wild Swan was at Rangoon. The Spartan left Trincomalee on the 8th of December for Rangoon to relieve the Ruby. The Dragon arrived at Zanzibar on the 1st of November, and left on the 12th of November for Johanna to relieve the Rifleman; she would call at Lindi, and then cruise near the Comoro Islands. The Vestal was at Mozambique on the 6th of November. The Rifleman was at Johanna on the 3d of November, would go to Zanzibar, and thence to Aden on her way to England. The Beacon was at Bahrein on the 6th of December. The Ready was at Muscat on the 7th of December. | ||
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