Sylvia, 1866
Type: Survey vessel ; Armament 4
Laid down : Woolwich 7 May 1860 ; Launched : 20 Mar 1866 ;
Disposal date or year : 1889
BM: 695 tons ; Displacement: 865 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 689 hpi 150 hp
Notes:

1860 Pembroke Dock yard, building

24 May 1866 brought up to Woolwich to be fitted out for commission.

12 Oct 1866, Woolwich, commissioned ; Lt. Gambier appointed.

5 Nov 1866, Woolwich, returned from trials.

12 Nov 1866, Greenhithe, has swung her compasses, and is due to sail shortly, for Portsmouth, Devonport, Madeira, St. Vincent, Cape of Good Hope, Trincomalee, Andaman Islands, Straits of Malacca, Singapore, French Cochin-China, and Hong Kong.

Nov 1866, has been supplied with one of the new steam launchs ; hull built by the Admiralty ; engine by J.S. White of Cowes.

19 Nov 1866, arrived at Plymouth, and departed 26th, having coaled.

1 Jan 1868, Osaka, present at the opening of the port to European shipping. Visit to Inland Sea.

First Commission, visted Canton, Amoy, Shanghai, Foochow, Japan,, 'Port of Tamsui' by E W Brooker (HMS Sylvia?), c1867; item 3, 'Formosa Island - Entrance (see ADM 344/1511),

Jan or May 1870, Hong Kong, paid off, all standing and recommissioned the following day.

25 Jan 1870, Yokahama, present following the sinking of the US Corvette Oneida, by collision with the P&O steamer Bombay.

1870 China Seas. Recommissioned at Hong Kong.

9 May 1877 Recommissioned at Hong Kong.

1879 China.

Apr 1886 Sierrra Leone (Survey)

Mar 1889, has recently returned to Sheerness from the Mediterranean station, and is to be sold out of Service having been condemned as unfit for further service.