Growler, 1868
Type: Composite Gunvessel ; Armament 4
Launched : 1 Dec 1868 ; Disposal date or year : 1887
BM: 464 tons ; Displacement: 584 tons
Propulsion: Double Screw
Machinery notes: 696 h.p.i. ; 120 h.p.
Notes:

1870 Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa.

2 Apr 1871, for census, at Gibraltar Bay.

3 Apr 1871 arrived Gibraltar from Madeira.

21 Apr 1871 at a Court Martial held on board the Hibernia at Malta, Assistant Surgeon Alexander Gordon Bain, of HMS Growler, was sentenced to be dismissed his ship and to forfeit 3 years seniority, having been found guilty of being drunk.

18 Feb 1877 Recommissioned Hong Kong.

1879 China.