[1] She commenced service on the Australia Station at Sydney in 1873 as a tender for HMS Clio.

She was later used for anti-blackbirding operations in the South Pacific and also for hydrographic surveys of Fiji and Australia.

[1][2] On 3 June 1873, Alacrity ran aground in Vita Bay, Fiji Islands.

[3] She was paid off in 1882 and sold to the Colony of New South Wales, which converted her to a powder hulk guardship.

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