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| Name | Vixen (1841) | Explanation | |
| Type | 1st class sloop | ||
| Launched | 4 February 1841 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 1054 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1379 tons | ||
| Guns | 6 | ||
| Fate | 1862 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | ADM 135/499 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 30 August 1841 | Commanded by Commander Henry Boyes, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
| 31 January 1843 - 11 July 1846 | Commanded (until paying off) by Commander George Giffard, East Indies | ||
| May 1847 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Commander Alfred Phillipps Ryder, Charles Napier's Western Squadron, then taking the Portuguese ambassador, the Duke of Palmella, back to Lisbon, and Percy Doyle (the newly appointed British Minister) to Mexico, then North America and West Indies (until promoted for his service at the capture of Fort Serapaqui on the San Juan River after Colonel Salas of the Nicaraguan army had carried off two British subjects). | ||
| 10 May 1848 | Commanded by Robert Jenner, North America and West Indies | ||
| 27 March 1852 - 4 September 1855 | Commanded (until paying off) by Commander Frederick Lamport Barnard, south-east coast of America | ||
| 4 February 1857 - 17 February 1858 | Commanded by Commander George Frederick Mecham, Pacific (until he died at Honolulu) | ||
| 18 February 1858 - 8 February 1860 | Commanded by Commander Lionel Lambert, Pacific (until Lambert was murdered) | ||
| 9 February 1860 - 20 April 1861 | Commanded (until paying off at Woolwich) by Commander Frederick William Richards, Pacific | ||
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