Pheasant, 1856
Type: Gunboat ; Armament 4
Launched : 1 May 1856 ; Disposal date or year : 1877
BM: 232 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes:60 h.p.
Notes:

All gunboats from 1 Jan 1856, are to be commissioned as independent commands with a crew of 36 men and officers.

23 Apr 1856, Present at Fleet Review, Spithead ; Red Squadron.

1870 Tender to Hector, Southampton Water.

26 Jan 1871 is reported to have sailed from Portsmouth for Dieppe to receive on board any British subjects who may wish to return to England.

2 Feb 1871 had returned to Portsmouth and sailed today for the Seine.