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| Name | Lynx (1833) | Explanation | |
| Type | Brig-sloop | ||
| Launched | 2 September 1833 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 231 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 3 | ||
| Fate | 1845 | ||
| Class | Cherokee | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 14 April 1837 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Thomas Frederick Birch, coast of Africa | ||
| 24 November 1837 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Henry Broadhead, West Coast of Africa | ||
| 20 August 1841 - August 1843 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Godolphin James Burslem, Lisbon and coast of Ireland (until invalided) | ||
| 7 September 1843 - 16 October 1845 | Commanded (until paying off) by Lieutenant John Thomas Nott, particular service (coast of Ireland) | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 7 February 1842 | The Revenge, 78, Hon. Captain Waldegrave, is expected home every day to be paid off. She was at Lisbon on the 24th ult. with the Indus and Lynx. On the 21st ult. the Malabar, Calcutta, Cambridge and Lizard steamer, were at Gibraltar; and on the 22d the Vernon frigate, with four French ships of war, was at Cadiz. | ||
| Fr 1 December 1843 | The Irish squadron consists of 1 line of battle ship, 2 frigates, 2 sloops, and 11 steamers, viz., the Caledonia, 120 (flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Bowles); Fox, 42; Iris, 46; Lynx, 3, and Snipe, 2 guns (sloops). Steamers, the Penelope, 22 ; Stromboli, 6; Flamer, 6; Tartarus, 2 ; Volcano, 2; Dee, 2; and Rhadamanthus steamer, 2 guns. | ||
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