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| Name | Styx (1841) | Explanation | |
| Type | 1st class sloop | ||
| Launched | 26 January 1841 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 1054 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1379 tons | ||
| Guns | 6 | ||
| Fate | 1866 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | ADM 135/453 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 10 August 1841 - 20 September 1841 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Commander Hastings Reginald Henry | ||
| 15 September 1841 - January 1845 | Commanded by Captain Alexander Thomas Emeric Vidal surveying Azores | ||
| 7 February 1845 - 24 April 1846 | Commanded by Commander William Windham Hornby, west coast of Africa | ||
| 25 April 1846 - 7 June 1848 | Commanded by Commander Henry Chads, west coast of Africa | ||
| 17 July 1851 - 20 October 1853 | Commanded by Commander William King Hall, Cape of Good Hope | ||
| 7 June 1854 - 3 April 1855 | Commanded by Commander Frederick Woollcombe, East Indies (until Woollcombe died) | ||
| 20 March 1855 - 2 April 1855 | Commanded by Acting Commander James Minchin Bruce, East Indies | ||
| 3 April 1855 - 9 April 1856 | Commanded by Commander James Minchin Bruce, East Indies | ||
| 7 December 1855 - 15 December 1855 | Commanded by Commander John Eglinton Montgomerie, East Indies | ||
| 20 December 1855 - 28 March 1856 | Commanded by Commander John Eglinton Montgomerie, East Indies | ||
| 26 August 1857 | Commanded by Commander Charles Vesey, North America and West Indies | ||
| 11 August 1860 - 6 June 1861 | Commanded by Commander John Halliday Cave, North America and West Indies | ||
| 26 February 1862 - 15 November 1864 | Commanded by Commander Hon. William John Ward, North America and West Indies | ||
| 2 September 1864 - 25 October 1865 | Commanded by Commander William Brabazon Urmston, North America and West Indies | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Tu 8 May 1855 | Her Majesty's sloop Lily, 12, Commander Sanderson, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the China and Australian stations, last from the Brazils. She was detached from the China squadron and left Singapore on the 18th of November, 1854, arrived at Port Phillip December 29, left on the 23d of January, arrived at Rio on the 10th of March last, and left on the 17th for Spithead. She brought golddust from Australia to the amount of 40,000l. sterling, on merchants' account. She met with strong westerly gales and in latitude 58·46 S. longitude 161·8 W. fell In with large icebergs, and was running among them for a fortnight; on coming upon them the barometer was observed to fall a great deal, accompanied by heavy snow-storms. She passed the Exodus, of Liverpool, about 300 miles S.W. of the Lizard, on the 28th ult., with loss of topmasts. When she left the Australian station Her Majesty's ships Calliope and Acheron were at Sydney, and the Fantome and Electra at Melbourne; the marines and seamen of the Electra had been landed on several occasions to act with the military in the late disturbances. The Electra had been to King's Island to rescue the crew of two merchant vessels wrecked there, and had saved 20,000l. in specie. The Lily has been five years and three months in commission, during which time she has circumnavigated the globe. She brought home Lieutenant Davis, on promotion from the Electra; Lieutenant Brock, on promotion from the Lily; Mr Howarth, mate, from the Electra; Mr. Tucker, clerk, from the Fantome; and Mr. Douglas, mate, from the Styx, to join the Bulldog. | ||
| Ma 14 May 1860 | Her Majesty's ships Gorgon, Icarus, Imaum, and Cossack were at Jamaica, the latter about to proceed to Bermuda. The Emerald, Captain A. Cumming, arrived from Antigua on the 13th of April, with Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.B., and sailed again on the 21st for Colon. The Racer left Jamaica on the 24th for Havannah. Her Majesty's ship Hydra arrived at Trinidad on the 24th of April, with the Bishop of Barbadoes on board. The Styx was about to proceed to Barbadoes. At Greytown, Her Majesty's ship Gladiator. | ||
| Ma 28 May 1860 | At Greytown was Her Majesty's ship Gladiator, the Hydra at St. Vincents, the Valorous at Vera Cruz, the Jasper at Tampico, the Racer at Havannah, the Cossack and Styx at Bermuda. Her Majesty's ship Emerald, with Admiral Milne, had left Colon for Greytown and Bermuda. | ||
| Fr 6 July 1860 | The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. Arthur Cumming, which conveyed Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.B., to the West Indies, arrived In Plymouth Sound on Wednesday evening, and saluted the flag of Admiral Superintendent Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart., acting Port Admiral in the absence of Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Fanshawe, K.C.B. The Emerald left Bermuda June 10th under canvass, and has brought a mail from the squadron, and about 30 supernumeraries, invalids, convicts, &c. The Emerald left at Bermuda the screw steamship Nile, 91, Capt. Edward K. Barnard ; screw steam corvette Cossack, 20, Capt. Richard Moorman; the paddlewheel steam sloop Gorgon, 6, Commander B. C. T. Pim; the screw steam gun-boat Skipjack, Lieut. and Commander John Murray; the floating battery Terror, 16, Capt. Frederick Hutton. The Nile and the Cossack were to sail on the 13th of July for Halifax. The Gorgon was ordered home on account of the defective condition of her boilers, and would probably sail on the 11th. The paddlewheel steam sloop Styx, 6, Commander Charles Vesey, left Bermuda for Newfoundland on the 31st of May. | ||
| Sa 14 July 1860 | Our correspondent at Plymouth has received a letter dated Hallifax, Nova Scotia, June 19, which states that Her Majesty's screw steamship Nile, 90, Capt, E.K. Barnard, hearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir A. Milne, K.C.B., steamed into that port on the forenoon of the same day, the ship's band playing in compliment to the thousands of spectators who thronged the quays, and who welcomed the new flag-ship with hearty cheers, The Nile and the screw steam corvette Cossack, 20, Capt. Richard Moorman, left Bermuda together on the 13th of June. The Nile reached Halifax on the 19th, the Cossack on the 21st. The screw steam corvette Cadmus, 21, Capt. Henry S. Hillyar, C.B., was at Hallifax. The paddle-wheel steam sloop Styx, 6, Commander Charles Vesey, was gone to the northward. It is reported at Hallifax, that the flag and other ships will receive his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales there. The Cossack was about to leave for Prince Edward Island. | ||
| We 15 August 1860 | His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales left Halifax by rail on the 2d inst. for Windsor and Haulsport on board the Styx, and was warmly received at both places. He sailed from Haulsport on board the Styx for St. John's, where he arrived on the morning of the 3d inst., and met a most enthusiastic reception. Two thousand school children, who were drawn up at the gate, sang the national anthem, and afterwards strewed the road with flowers. | ||
| We 26 December 1860 | The paddlewheel steam sloop Styx, 6, Commander John Cave, four days from Halifax, arrived at Bermuda November 24. She is under orders for the West Indies, to relieve the screw steam corvette Cossack, 20, Captain Richard Moorman, which vessel, according to the Bermuda Royal Gazette, ordered home. The Cossack was commissioned June 15, 1859, when she went to her present station. The screw steam gunvessel Landrail, 5, Commander Thomas H.M. Martin, from England, was expected at Bermuda about the 1st inst. | ||
| Th 14 February 1861 | At Jamaica were Her Majesty's steamers Imaum, Mersey, and Kingston. At Antigua Her Majesty's ship Nile, with the Admiral, Styx and Skipjack gunboats. At Santa Martha, Her Majesty's ship Cadmus; at Panama, Her Majesty's ship Mutine, and an American frigate-corvette. Her Majesty's ship Racer sailed from Greytown for Jamaica. | ||
| Ma 18 March 1861 | Her Majesty's ship St. George, Captain the Hon. Francis Egerton, arrived in Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes, on the 21st of February, and the Barracouta, Commander Wood, on the 21th. The Nile, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral A. Milne, Commander-in-Chief, and the Styx, were at Barbadoes on the 26th. At Port Royal, Jamaica, were Her Majesty's ships Imaum, Commodore Dunlop, Hydra, Cadmus, Skipjack, and Kingston. Her Majesty's ship Racer was at St. Domingo, and the brig Mutine at Panama. Her Majesty's ship Bacchante, bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Sir T. Maitland, was to leave Tobago on the 23d or 24th of February for Vancouver's Island. The Pylades was at Tobago refitting to leave for England, and the Termagant was to sail in a few days for the coast of Mexico, to relieve the Clio, ordered to Panama. | ||
| Sa 13 April 1861 | Her Majesty's ship St. George with Prince Alfred on board, left St. Thomas's on the 27tn ult. for Santa Cruz and thence to Jamaica. The Nile (flag of Admiral Milne), Styx, Racer, Cadmus, Skipjack, Landrail, Hydra, and Imaum were at Port Royal, Jamaica, awaiting the arrival of the Prince. At Vera Cruz Her Majesty's ship Valorous; at Panama the Mutine and the United States' ship Lancaster. | ||
| We 1 May 1861 | The Jasper, 1, screw gunboat, Lieut.-Commander Pym, dismantling in the old fitting basin at Portsmouth, is expected to pay off on Friday or Saturday. She was commissioned by Lieut. Pym on the 28th of July, 1857, and has been exceedingly healthy during her service since that time on the North America and West India Station, having lost only two of her crew — one dying from old age, and the other being accidentally drowned. She has taken one prize, a Spanish ship-rigged vessel, on the 22d of March off Havannah, without name, papers, or slaves, but with 2,260 doubloons on board for the purchase of the latter commodity. At the moment of making the capture Her Majesty's steamer Styx hove in sight, and of course became entitled to share, cutting down the Jasper's prize-money considerably. | ||
| Ma 27 May 1861 | Plymouth, Sunday.—(By Electric and International Telegraph. —The Styx, which arrived in the Sound, this afternoon from the West Indies, left Bermuda May 3. The screw steamship St. George, 90, Captain the Hon. Francis Egerton, with his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, was at the island, and was appointed to sail May 10 for Halifax. | ||
| Tu 28 May 1861 | The paddle wheel steam sloop Styx, 6, Commander John H. Cave, from the West India station, which arrived at Plymouth on Sunday, left Bermuda on the 3d of May, and came home under steam. and canvass, having had fine weather throughout the passage, with westerly and southerly winds. Her hull and machinery are not in good condition. The screw steamship St. George, 90, Capt. the Hon. Francis Egerton, with Prince Alfred, from Port Royal, Jamaica, was at the island, and was appointed to leave for Halifax. | ||
| We 29 May 1861 | The paddlewheel steam sloop Styx, 6, Commander Cave, just returned from the West Indies, was inspected in Plymouth Sound by Capt. Jerningham on Monday afternoon. She has been placed in Devonport dockyard to be dismantled. Her crew are to be paid off. | ||
| We 24 July 1861 | PRIZE MONEY. The distribution of the proceeds of the cargo of the ship, name unknown, or Marianne, captured on March 22, 1858, by Her Majesty's ships Styx and Jasper, will commence on Monday, the 29th of July, 1861; that of the proceeds received and tonnage bounty awarded for the brig, name unknown, captured on the 24th of December, 1859, by Her Majesty's ship Triton, will commence on Monday, the 29th of July, 1861; and that of the amount awarded for salvage services rendered to the brig Nina, between the 10th and 14th of February, 1860, by Her Majesty's ship Curaçoa, will commence on Monday, the 29th of July, 1861, all in the Prize Branch of the Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house. Persons Legally entitled to claim the share of any captor are requested to present the same at the department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house. | ||
| Sa 28 September 1861 | It is now ascertained that the defects of the paddlewheel steam sloop Styx, 6, at Devonport, especially about the stem, are so extensive that more time will be expended in preparing her for the first division of the Steam Ordinary than was at first anticipated. She is now in No. 1 dock at Keyham. | ||
| We 4 December 1861 | In addition to the Orlando, 51, nearly ready, the following ships of war at Devonport are ordered to be prepared for sea:- The screw steam frigate Phoebe, 51, in the second division, not rigged; the new screw steam sloop Perseus, 17, machinery in; the paddlewheel steam sloop Magicienne, 16, at present under the crane at Keyham steam-yard receiving her machinery, and expected to be ready in a month; and the paddlewheel steam vessel Styx, 6, in No. 1 dock at Keyham, repairing, and likely to be ready in about three weeks. It was intended to bring the Orlando yesterday afternoon from the northern part of Hamoaze to the vicinity of the dock-yard, to facilitate her despatch; she will probably be docked to have her bottom cleaned. The Phoebe is receiving coal, and is already getting her masts on end. The Perseus, 17, is to be armed with short 40-poundcr Armstrong guns; she was placed yesterday in No. 3 dock at Keyham to be coppered and have her propeller adjusted. The Admiralty have now advertised for the following additional artisans and others for the public establishments at Devonport:- 150 shipwrights, 23 joiners, 14 smiths, 14 caulkers, 17 other trades, and 150 labourers, in all 368 men, to be entered at once. Notwithstanding the shortness of the notice, by 10 o'clock yesterday morning there were between 300 and 400 applicants for employment at the gates of the dockyard. | ||
| We 18 December 1861 | The artisans of the Devonport dockyard continue busily occupied in forwarding the Orlando, the Phoebe, the Magicienne, the Styx, the Satellite and the Perseus. | ||
| Fr 21 March 1862 | The paddlewheel steam sloop Styx, 6, Commander the Hon. W.J. Ward, was appointed to leave Plymouth Sound yesterday (Thursday) for the North American and West Indian stations. | ||
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