Hesper, 1855
Type: Store Ship ; Armament 4
Purchased : 1855 (former mercantile.) ; Disposal date or year : 1868 (per Lyon & Winfield)
Displacement: 390 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 300
Notes:

10 Nov 1857 arrived Hongkong, from Plymouth.

28 Nov 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).

15 Jan 1858 Hongkong.

27 Feb 1858 Canton River.

30 Mar 1858 Hongkong.

23 Apr 1858 Shanghai.

5 May 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 .

23 May 1858 Shanghai.

22 Jun 1858 Hongkong.

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

10 Aug 1858 Gulf of Pechelee.

24 Aug 1858 Hongkong.

30 Nov 1858 Canton River.

30 Dec 1858 Hongkong.

26 Feb 1859 Canton River.

5 Jul 1859 Gulf of Pechelee.

22 Jul 1859 Shanghai.

10 Aug 1859 Kintang.

24 Aug 1859 Hongkong.

28 Sep 1859 Kintang.

13 Oct 1859 Hongkong.

15 Nov 1859 Whampoa & Canton.

30 Nov 1859 Canton River.

15 Dec 1859 Hongkong.

25 Apr 1860 Canton River.

23 May 1860 On the North China coast.

7 Jun 1860 Chusan.

23 Jun 1860 On the North China coast.

26 Jul 1860 Gulf of Pechelee.

26 Aug 1860 Shanghai.

16 Nov 1860 On the North China coast.

16 Jan 1861 Hongkong.

15 Apr 1861 Japan.

12 May 1861 Shanghai.

29 May 1861 On the North China coast.

28 Jul 1861 Shanghai.

12 Sep 1861 On the North China coast.

15 Nov 1861 Hongkong.

15 Apr 1862 Shanghai.

12 Jul 1862 Hongkong.

11 Aug 1862 Shanghai.

28 Aug 1862 Hongkong.

11 Sep 1862 Shanghai.

15 Oct 1862 Hongkong.

15 Nov 1862 Shanghai.

15 Dec 1862 Hongkong.

1860 150 HP steam engine

Aug 1914 Wei-Hai-Wei