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| Name | Surprise (1856) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 6 March 1856 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 680 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1866 | ||
| Class | Vigilant | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/458 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 18 March 1856 | Commanded by Commander Charles Egerton Harcourt-Vernon | ||
| 11 March 1857 | Commanded by Commander Samuel Gurney Cresswell, East Indies (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | ||
| 6 November 1858 - 24 April 1860 | Commanded by Commander Lord Edward Henry Cecil, China, then Cape of Good Hope | ||
| 19 June 1861 - 20 August 1864 | Commanded by Commander William Henry Whyte, Mediterranean | ||
| 11 August 1864 - 24 April 1866 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Commander George Tryon, Mediterranean | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Sa 19 September 1863 | The following is the letter of our Malta Correspondent, dated Valetta, Sept.14 -, "Her Majesty's iron screw troopship Orontes, 2, Capt. W. Hire, arrived last night from England and Gibraltar, having on board from the latter place the 2d battalion 7th Regiment, consisting of 25 officers, 832 men. 73 women, 6 ladies, and 97 children under the command of Major R. Hibbert. She also had on board Assist.-Adjt.-Gen. Maude, Capt. Clarke, R.A., Dr. Clarke, R.A., Capt. Durnford, R.E., and 10 naval officers supernumeraries for the fleet. The regiment will disembark today and relieve the 4th battalion Rifle Brigade, which is to embark in the Orontes on Tuesday or Wednesday for Gibraltar. Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel sloop Trident, 3, Commander C.J. Balfour, arrived to-day from Gibraltar to be employed in victualling the fleet. Her Majesty's screw corvette Cossack, 20, W.R. Rolland, arrived at the Piraeus, from Malta, on the 26th ult., and was to leave on the 1st inst. for Beyrout, to relieve the Chanticleer, 17, Commander C. Stirling. Her Majesty's ship Marlborough, 121 (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral R. Smart, K.H.), Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton; the Trafalgar, 70, Capt. T. Mason; the Meeanee, 60, Capt. G. Wodehouse; and the Icarus, 11, Commander N. Salmon, V.C., which last arrived on the 29th ult., were anchored in Phalerum Bay. The Cossack remained in Phalerum Bay till the 29th, when she went into the Piraeus, and took up her berth alongside the Orlando, 46. Capt. G.G. Randolph, the only other English ship there. The French ship Magicienne, and two other French war vessels, one Turk, one Greek, and one Italian, were also lying in the Piraeus. The Austrian frigate Novara and another Austrian vessel left early in the morning of the 1st. inst., soon after the arrival of the mail. The English frigate Magicienne, 16, Capt. W. Armytage, called in at Phalerum Bay, on the 28th ult., to communicate with the Admiral, and the Surprise, 4, Commander C.M. Seymour, left for Patras the same day. A court-martial was held on board the Cossack on the 1st, to try a private of Marines for striking a sergeant. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to penal servitude for five years. Her Majesty's ship Queen, 74, Capt. C.F. Hillyar, leaves after the arrival of the mail from Marseilles. due to-night, for Athens, with stores and provisions, and 20,000l. in specie, for the use of the fleet. | ||
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