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| Name | Russell (1822) | Explanation | |
| Type | Third rate | Type | Blockship |
| Launched (Sail) | 22 May 1822 | Converted to screw | 2 February 1855 |
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 176 feet |
| Propulsion | Sail | Men | 600 |
| Builders measure | 1751 tons | Builders measure (as screw) | 1751 tons |
| Displacement | Displacement (as screw) | 2903 tons | |
| Guns | 74 | Guns (as screw) | 60 |
| Fate | 1865 | Last in commission | 1864 |
| Class | Armada | Class (as screw) | Cornwallis |
| Ships book | |||
| Snippets concerning career prior to conversion | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 22 May 1822 | Launched as 3rd rate sailing ship at Deptford Dockyard. | ||
| January 1840 | Out of commission at Sheerness | ||
| Career as unarmoured wooden screw vessel | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 2 February 1855 | Undocked as screw at Sheerness Dockyard. | ||
| 2 February 1855 - 16 May 1856 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain Francis Scott, Portsmouth and Queenstown | ||
| 1 February 1858 - 31 December 1858 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Captain Henry Alexander Story, Coast Guard, Falmouth (replacing Eagle) | ||
| 1 January 1859 - 2 January 1862 | Commanded by Captain George Wodehouse, Coast Guard, Falmouth | ||
| 4 January 1862 - 14 April 1863 | Commanded by Captain William King Hall, Coast Guard, Falmouth | ||
| 14 April 1863 - 4 February 1864 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain Sidney Grenfell, Coast Guard, Falmouth (replaced by St George) | ||
| 1865 | Broken up. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| We 31 December 1856 | The following ships and vessels are now in port at Sheerness, in harbour, fitting-basin, and in docks, viz.:- The Edinburgh, 60 guns, Captain Edward P. Halsted; the Waterloo, 120 guns, Captain Lord Frederick Kerr, flagship; the Formidable, 84 guns, Captain-Superintendent John Jervis Tucker; the Royal George, 102 guns; the Terrible, 21 guns; the new screw steam corvette Scylla. 21 guns; the Argus, 6 guns; the Eurotas, 12 guns, screw mortar-ship; the Hydra, 6 guns; the Terror, 14 guns, floating battery; the Horatio, 12 guns; the Russell, 60 guns; the Hawke, 60 guns, Captain James Willcox, C.B., &c.; the Phoenix, 6 guns.; the Renard, 6 guns; the Foxhound, 6 guns; the Pylades, 21 guns; the Trusty, 14 guns, floating battery; the new screw steam frigate Emerald, 51 guns; the Hermes, 6 guns, Commander William E.A. Gordon; the Lizard steamvessel, Lieutenant-Commander Thomas B. Christopher; the Myrtle steamvessel, Master-Commander William S. Bourchier; the African steamvessel, Second Master-Commander R. Harvey; the Fearless steamvessel; the Wildfire steam tender to Waterloo, Master-Commander George Brockman; the Melampus, 42 guns, Captain L. Heath, C. B., &c. The gunboats Louisa, Magnet, Erne, Mayflower, Ruby, Sandfly, Carnation, Spanker, Pelter, Fly, Hasty, Cochin, Julia, Dwarf, Fidget, Griper, Mastiff, Mistletoe, Traveller, Spey, Surly, Herring, Sepoy, Bullfrog, Tickler, Manly, Thistle, and the new screw steam despatch gunboat Nimrod. The new ship Meeanee, 80 guns, is in No. 2 dry dock, being altered to receive screw steam machinery. | ||
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