Melpomene, 1857
Type: Frigate ; Armament 51
Launched : 8 Aug 1857 ; Disposal date or year : 1875
BM: 2861 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 600 h.p.
Notes:

1848 designed to be armed as follows: 50 guns, namely: main-deck, 30 x 8-inch,; 65 cwt., 9 feet long; quarter-deck and forecastle, 22 x 32-pounders, 45 cwt., 8 feet 6 inches long ; waist, 8 32-pounders, 40 cwt., 8 feet long, on Hardy's compression carriages.

20 Dec 1848 Pembroke, building.

Converted to screw on stocks.

1860 Mediterranean.

1870 Portsmouth.