Rifleman, 1846
Type: Surveying Vessel ; late Gunboat, ; Armament 9
Launched : 10 Aug 1846 ; Disposal date or year : 1869
BM: 486 tons ; Displacement: 592 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 710 hpi 202
Notes:

Jan, 1846, Rifleman, 4, Admiralty, half built, at Portsmouth

15 July 1848 Squadron sailed from Portsmouth ; Lieutenant - Commander Crofton - see St Vincent for article from the Morning Chronicle dated 17 Jul 1848

20 Dec 1848 Steam gun vessel. Particular service.

28 Jun 1849 detained the Brazilian slave brigantine Turam.

12 Dec 1849 detained the Brazilian slave brigantine Astrea.

10 Jan 1850 detained in lat. 23° 56' S., long. 45° 55' W., the Brazilian steam slave brig Paquete de Santos (late Providencia), 99 ft. long, 25 ft. broad, 18 ft. deep.

3 May 1850 detained the Brazilian slave schooner Cinco Irmaas.

5 Oct 1850 Is reported en route from the River Plate to Rio.

17 Jun 1851 Accounts for bounties etc due from the capture of the brig Paquete de Santos deposited at the High Court of Admiralty.

10 Feb 1851 At Rio de Janeiro - gone on a cruise.

30 Aug 1851 South America

31 Mar 1857 at Buenos Ayres.

1860 Woolwich

15 Nov 1861 Woolwich. Commissioned.

1864 China station. Medical report : number of Cases of Disease and Injury.

1870 Surveying Vessel, Hong Kong