Ships
| Name | Ship Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaseur | R & H Green, Blackwall Yard | 7 March 1857 | Wrecked on the Bajo Nuevo Bank on 26 February 1859, whilst on passage from Port Royal to Greytown, Nicaragua |
| Jasper | R & H Green, Blackwall Yard | 18 March 1857 | Sold on 2 August 1862 to the Chinese Imperial Customs, renamed Amoy, and sailed in April 1863 (to join Sherard Osborn’s "Vampire Fleet"). Resold to the Egyptian Government on 30 December 1865 |
| Algerine | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 24 February 1857 | Sold at Hong Kong on 2 April 1872, became the mercantile Algerine. Broken up in 1894. |
| Lee | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 28 February 1857 | Sunk at the Battle of Taku Forts on 25 June 1859 |
| Leven | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 7 March 1857 | Sold at Shanghai on 21 July 1873 |
| Slaney | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 17 March 1857 | Wrecked in a typhoon in the Paracel Islands near Hong Kong on 9 May 1870 |
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