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| Name | Powerful (1826) | Explanation | |
| Type | Second rate | ||
| Launched | 21 June 1826 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 2296 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 84 | ||
| Fate | 1864 | ||
| Class | Canopus | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1860 target | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 1 January 1839 | Commanded by Commodore Charles Napier, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840, where, as Commodore, second in command to Admiral Sir Robert Stopford) | ||
| 18 December 1840 - 22 September 1841 | Commanded by Captain George Mansel, Mediterranean | ||
| September 1841 - 6 January 1842 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain Michael Seymour, Mediterranean | ||
| (January 1843) | Out of commission at Portsmouth | ||
| 25 January 1848 | Commanded by Captain Richard Saunders Dundas (Portsmouth), Mediterranean | ||
| 29 May 1854 - 2 July 1854 | Commanded by Captain George Mansel, particular service | ||
| 12 September 1854 - 1 October 1856 | Commanded by Captain Thomas Lecke Massie, particular service | ||
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