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| Name | Sharpshooter (1846) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 25 July 1846 | ||
| Hull | Iron | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 503 tons | ||
| Displacement | 625 tons | ||
| Guns | 9 | ||
| Fate | 1869 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | ADM 135/427 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 4 April 1848 - 19 November 1851 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth) by Lieutenant commander John Crawshay Bailey, Channel squadron, then (Jan 1849) Mediterranean, then (June 1850) south-east coast of America | ||
| 27 September 1852 - 16 October 1856 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth) by Lieutenant commander John Edward Parish, south-east coast of America | ||
| 12 November 1857 - 7 August 1861 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Charles Gibbons, west coast of Africa | ||
| 28 September 1864 - 3 June 1865 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Lieutenant commander Henry Augustus Clavering, south-east coast of America | ||
| 10 August 1865 - 5 April 1867 | Commanded by Lieutenant Hon Richard Hare, South-east coast of America | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 24 April 1854 | The Centaur, 11, paddlewheel frigate, Captain Harvey, flagship of Rear-Admiral Henderson on the Brazils station, arrived at Portsmouth at noon on Saturday. She left Rio on the 14th ult. At 1 p.m., when the Madagascar (bearing Rear-Admiral Henderson's flag), Crescent, Trident, and Sharpshooter were there. Exchange, 28¾ to 29d. Per milreis. Left Bahia on the 20th of March, St. Vincents on the 9th inst., and Madeira on the 14th. The United States' frigate Constitution was at the last-named port, and the only pendant lying there. The Centaur reports seeing on Friday a squadron of six sailing ships and a steamer off the French coast, no doubt part of the French squadron from Brest for the Baltic. In saluting the flag of Rear-Admiral Henderson, on its being transferred to the Madagascar at Rio on the 14th ult., the charge of one of the Centaur's guns prematurely exploded and blew off the right arms of two seamen. The poor fellows are now doing well. The Centaur steamed into harbour without anchoring at Spithead, and hauled alongside of the coaling depôt to take in fuel, &c. What necessary repairs she required were done with the utmost expedition; she was revictualled with equal alacrity by the authorities of the Clarence-yard, and yesterday morning steamed out of harbour for the Baltic. | ||
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