Elk, 1847
Type: Brig-sloop ; Armament 16
Launched : 27 Sep 1847 ; Disposal date or year : 1893
BM: 482 tons
Notes:

Jan, 1846, Elk, 16, Sir W. Symonds, timbers preparing, at Chatham

Jan 1848 Chatham, in Ordinary (reserve)

20 Dec 1848 Chatham.

6 May 1856 commissioned at Chatham.

15 Feb 1857 Hong Kong, Cdr J.F.C. Hamilton.

15 Mar 1857 Canton River.

16 Oct 1857 Hong Kong.

30 Oct 1857 Canton River.

28 Dec 1857 Capture of Canton (see also report in London Gazette www.gazettes-online.co.uk of 16 and 26 Feb 1858).

30 Mar 1858 Hong Kong.

13 Apr 1858 Amoy.

1 Oct 1856 - 26 Jun 1858 Parliamentary Grant of �33,000, for services (in lieu of Prize Money) on the China Station to be divided between 56 Vessels

Apr 1858 Hong Kong, preparing to sail for Australia and New Zealand.

On her arrival on the Australia station she was employed searching in the Bass Straits for HMS Sappho, which disappeared some months previously, but found no trace of her. She was subsequently involved putting down the insurrection in New Zealand, and left a number of men and guns out there when she returned to England.

21 Aug 1860 paid off at Chatham, on return from New Zealand.

1863 Renamed Watch Vessel 13, Coastguard

May 1863 Renamed Watch Vessel 28 Greenhithe