Perseus, 1861
Type: Sloop ; Armament 17
Laid down : Pembroke Dock 20 Jul 1860 ; Launched : 21 Aug 1861 ;
Disposal date or year : 1931
BM: 955 tons ; Displacement: 1365 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 614 h.p.i. 200 h.p.
Notes:

1860 Pembroke Dock, Building

28 Sept 1862 Devonport. Commissioned.

1864 China station. Medical report : primary fever, remittent fever, and cholera onboard : number of Cases of Disease and Injury.

1870 Devonport

1879 Used for "Scrubbing Hammocks &c. for 'Cambridge', Devonport.

1890 Attached to "Defence" for Torpedo Instructional purpopses, Devonport.

1904 Renamed Defiance II