Merlin, 1871
Type: Gun Boat 2nd Class ; late Composite Gunboat ; Armament 4
Launched : 24 Nov 1871 ; BM: 295 tons ; Displacement: 430 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 428 hpi 60 hp
Notes:

17 Jan 1874 at Cape Coast Castle during the Ashanti War.

24 Jan 1874 off the Windward Coast during the Ashanti War.

Latter half of 1874, operations up the River Congo.

1879 Greenock. Tender to Hercules. Officers borne in Hercules

Apr 1886 China

27 Jul 1886 Re-commissioned at Hong Kong

1890 On passage home from the China Station