Forte, 1858
Type: Frigate ; Armament 51
Launched : 29 May 1858 ; Disposal date or year : 23 Nov 1905
Disposal Details : Burnt by accident at Sheerness
BM: 2364 tons ; Displacement: 3456 tons
Propulsion: Screw and sail
Machinery notes: 400 hp
Notes:

1860 Cape of Good Hope

30 Apr 1860 Sheerness. Commissioned.

1 Jan to 8 Sept 1864 on the South East Coast of America. Medical reports : fever overview, fever, gastritis, heart and, influenza onboard : number of Cases of Disease and Injury.

8 Sep 1864 Paid off.

August, 1868 departed from Sheerness for Portsmouth.

2 Oct 1868 left Portsmouth for Bombay, via the Cape of Good Hope.

18 May 1869 capture of slave dhow, name unknown, followed by a visit to Zanzibar.

1870 East Indies

2 Apr 1871, for census, moorings in Bombay Harbour.

Early 1872, in collision off Dungeness.

17 Feb 1872 Sheerness, paid off.

1879 Receiving Hulk at Chatham

1880 Receiving Ship

1894 Coal hulk