HMS Hermes (1835)

She was commissioned in November 1835 under the command of Lieutenant William Simpson Blount, RN for the Mediterranean packet service. She was fitted with the Cycloidal paddle wheels at Woolwich between April and July 1838 then resumed her service on the Mediterranean packet service.

In 1840 she returned to Home Waters for a refit on 30 March 1840. Her engines and boilers were removed between March and May at Woolwich. She was paid off at Woolwich on 5 October 1840. She was towed to Chatham to have her bow lengthened by twenty feet at a cost of £9,037.[5] This work was completed from November 1841 completing in November 1842. Her gundeck was now 170 feet 0 inches (51.82 metres) with the keel measurement for tonnage at 147 feet 9.5 inches (45.05 metres). Her breadth increased by one inch with her depth of hold increasing to 18 feet 2 inches (5.54 metres). Her builder's measure calculation increased to 827 88/94 tons.[6] Upon completion she was towed back to Woolwich to have her machinery fitted. Starting in December she has a 220 nominal horsepower Maudslay 4-cylinder 'Siamese' engine and new boilers installed at a cost of £11,225. Her speed under steam power increased to 8.5 knots. She was then moved to Chatham to finish completing for sea at a cost of £3,303. At this time her guns were changed.[7]

She commissioned on 30 May 1843 under the command of Lieutenant Washington Carr, RN for service on the North America and West Indies Station.[8] She returned to Home Waters, paying off at Chatham on 26 October 1847.[9]

Her third commission commenced on 7 January 1850 under the command of Commander Edmund Gardiner Fishbourne, RN for service on the Cape of Good Hope Station.[10][11] She soon moved on to the East Indies and China Station. during 1852 she was involved with Second Burmese War, She was in action in May on the Bassein River. In April 1853 she was at Nanling.[12] She ran aground on 5 December 1853 near Hu-tan-shan river, after chasing Pirates. She returned to Home Waters paying off into the Steam Reserve at Woolwich on 10 June 1854.[13]

Her last commission started on 13 June 1855 under the command of Commander Henry Coryton, RN[14] for service on the North American and West Indies Station.[15] On 21 February 1856, Commander William E.A. Gordon, RN[16] took command and was assigned to the Cape of Good Hope Station. She returned to Home Waters paying off at Sheerness on 8 June 1860.[17]