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| Name | Triton (1846) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop (packet) | ||
| Launched | 24 October 1846 | ||
| Hull | Iron | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 650 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1055 tons | ||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1872 | ||
| Class | Antelope | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/480 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 21 March 1848 | Commanded by Charles James Price Glinn, Mediterranean | ||
| 24 May 1852 - December 1854 | Commanded by Lieutenant Henry Lloyd, Mediterranean | ||
| 26 December 1854 - 23 September 1856 | Commanded (until paying off at Woolwich) by Lieutenant Archibald Douglas William Fletcher, flagship of Michael Seymour, Mediterranean and Black Sea during the Russian War | ||
| 14 October 1857 - 19 January 1861 | Commanded (until paying off at Woolwich) by Lieutenant Robert Heron Burton, west coast of Africa | ||
| 13 January 1863 - 16 February 1864 | Commanded (from commissioning) by Lieutenant Edward Francis Kerby, south-east coast of America | ||
| 1 May 1863 - 16 June 1863 | Commanded by Acting Lieutenant Edward Alverne Bolitho, south east coast of America | ||
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