HMS Curacoa was a 31-gun Tribune-class screw frigate launched on 13 April 1854 from Pembroke Dockyard.

[citation needed] On 24 October 1858, Curacoa ran aground on the Pelican Reef, off Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.

[2][3][4][5] On 4 February 1859, Curacoa collided with the British merchant ship Fleta in the English Channel.

She was the flagship of the Australia Station from 20 April 1863 until May 1866, having had her armament reduced to 23 guns in 1863.

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