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| Name | Madagascar (1822) | Explanation | |
| Type | Fifth rate | ||
| Launched | 15 November 1822 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 1167 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 46 | ||
| Fate | 1863 | ||
| Class | Druid | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1853 harbour storeship | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 14 April 1838 - September 1839 | Commanded by Captain Provo William Parry Wallis, East Indies | ||
| (January 1840) | Out of commission at Portsmouth | ||
| 18 August 1841 - 1844 | Commanded by Captain John Foote, senior officer, west coast of Africa | ||
| 4 October 1847 | Commanded by Commander Robert Mann, particular service | ||
| 3 October 1853 | Commanded by Commander John William Finch, store ship, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| 29 March 1855 - 3 November 1856 | Commanded by Commander James Ptolemy Thurburn, store ship, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| 6 September 1856 | Commanded by Commander Edmund Mortimer Leycester, store ship, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| 15 September 1859 - 1863 | Commanded by Captain Richard Dunning White, storeship, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 24 April 1854 | The Centaur, 11, paddlewheel frigate, Captain Harvey, flagship of Rear-Admiral Henderson on the Brazils station, arrived at Portsmouth at noon on Saturday. She left Rio on the 14th ult. At 1 p.m., when the Madagascar (bearing Rear-Admiral Henderson's flag), Crescent, Trident, and Sharpshooter were there. Exchange, 28¾ to 29d. Per milreis. Left Bahia on the 20th of March, St. Vincents on the 9th inst., and Madeira on the 14th. The United States' frigate Constitution was at the last-named port, and the only pendant lying there. The Centaur reports seeing on Friday a squadron of six sailing ships and a steamer off the French coast, no doubt part of the French squadron from Brest for the Baltic. In saluting the flag of Rear-Admiral Henderson, on its being transferred to the Madagascar at Rio on the 14th ult., the charge of one of the Centaur's guns prematurely exploded and blew off the right arms of two seamen. The poor fellows are now doing well. The Centaur steamed into harbour without anchoring at Spithead, and hauled alongside of the coaling depôt to take in fuel, &c. What necessary repairs she required were done with the utmost expedition; she was revictualled with equal alacrity by the authorities of the Clarence-yard, and yesterday morning steamed out of harbour for the Baltic. | ||
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