Coromandel, 1855
Type: Dispatch vessel ;
Purchased : 1855 ; Disposal date or year : 1866
BM: 303 tons
Propulsion: Paddle
Machinery notes: 150
Notes:

Circa Oct 1856 commissioned as tender to the Calcutta, Flag Ship on the East Indies station. She only had a draught of about 2 feet which enabled her to go places that would not have been possible in the Calcutta.

Oct 1856 Hong Kong departed up the river to Canton, taking possession of the Barrier Forts en route.

5 Nov 1856 attack, with ship's boats, on 25 mandarin junks and the capture of the French-folly Fort.

12 Nov 1856 bombardment and capture of the Bogue Forts and the Anunghoy Forts on the following day. Some days later towed a boat from the Calcutta down-stream to destroy 35 Mandarin junks, whilst on the stocks.

4 Dec 1856 further attack on and capture of the now repaired French-folly Fort.

4 Jan 1857 with ship's boats came to the aid of one of the Calcutta's boats, involved in more than a "brush" with a fleet of Chinese junks.

8 Jan 1857 British forces commenced withdrawal from off Canton, to Hong Kong.

1 Jun 1857 Battle of Fatshan Creek (see also www.gazettes-online.co.uk of 1 Aug 1857).

28 Nov 1857 Shanghai.

15 Jan 1858 Canton River.

27 Feb 1858 Hong Kong.

13 Apr 1858 Shanghai.

23 Apr 1858 Gulf of Pechelee.

20 May 1858 Capture of the Forts at the Mouth of the Pel Ho (see also the London Gazette www.gazettes-online.co.uk of 28 Jul 1858 .

10 Aug 1858 Hong Kong.

15 Feb 1859 Canton River.

13 Apr 1859 Hong Kong.

22 Jul 1859 Hong Kong / Gulf of Pecheli.

10 Aug 1859 Kintang.

24 Aug 1859 Shanghai.

13 Oct 1859 Hong Kong.

30 Nov 1859 Canton River.

16 Feb 1860 Hong Kong.

28 Feb 1860 Canton River.

15 Mar 1860 Hong Kong.

23 Jun 1860 on the North China coast.

26 Jul 1860 Gulf of Pecheli.

16 Nov 1860 on the North China coast.

15 Dec 1860 Hong Kong.

31 Dec 1860 Hong Kong / At the North.

16 Jan 1861 Shanghai.

1 Feb 1861 Hong Kong.

2 Mar 1861 River Yang-tse.

15 Apr 1861 Shanghai.

1 May 1861 Hong Kong.

12 Aug 1861 Shanghai.

12 Sep 1861 on the North China coast.

15 Nov 1861 Shanghai.

28 Aug 1862 on the North China coast.

27 Sep 1862 Chefoo.

15 Oct 1862 Shanghai.

15 Nov 1862 Hong Kong.

1860 Tender to Flag Ship, East Indies and China, Lt Douglas.

1864 China station. Medical report : fever, heart disease, and small-pox onboard : number of Cases of Disease and Injury.

1866 Transferred to Japanese navy as Naruto.

1876 broken up.