| Name | Alecto | Explanation |
| Type | Sloop |
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| Launched | 7 September 1839 |
| Hull | Wooden |
| Propulsion | Paddle |
| Builders measure | 800 tons |
| Displacement | 878 tons |
| Guns | 4 |
| Fate | 1865 |
| Class | Alecto |
| Ships book | |
| Note | |
| Snippets concerning this vessels career |
| Date | Event |
| 26 October 1839 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander William Hoseason, Mediterranean |
| 10 November 1845 | Commanded by Commander Francis William Austen, south-east coast of America , including Anglo-French action in Uruguay |
| 17 November 1846 | Commanded by Commander Vincent Amcotts Massingberd, south-east coast of America |
27 January 1852
- 11 May 1854 | Commanded (until paying off at Woolwich) by Commander Stephen Smith Lowther Crofton, west coast of Africa |
| 2 August 1855 | Commanded by Commander Robert Phillipps,West coast of Africa |
7 May 1856
- 15 January 1859 | Commanded (until paying off at Woolwich) by Commander James Hunt, west coast of Africa |
27 January 1860
- 25 June 1862 | Commanded by Commander Henry James Raby, west coast of Africa |
23 January 1863
- March 1865 | Commanded by Commander William Hans Blake, south-east coast of America |
| Extracts from the Times newspaper |
| Date | Extract |
| Ma 14 September 1840 | It appears that neither the Salamander nor Comet steam-vessels are to be paid off; they are equipping at Woolwich, with great despatch; they will be both at Spithead about the last week in September. The Medea will leave Woolwich on the 24th. The Vesuvius is fitting at Chatham for the Mediterranean. These four steam ships will increase Sir R. Stopford's force to 10 powerful steam-vessels of war, he having already the Gorgon, Cyclops, Phoenix, Rhadamanthus, Hydra, and Stromboli; and to which there are several steamers already fitted for guns, &c., employed in the conveyance of the mails, such as the Acheron, Volcano, Prometheus, Megaera, Alecto, &c. |
The Mid-Victorian Royal Navy
