[1] She was initially commissioned for service with the Channel Squadron before moving to the North America and West Indies Station.

[2] Scourge was the sixth named vessel since it was used for a 14-gun brig-sloop, launched by Allin of Dover on 26 October 1779, purchased on the stocks and foundered off the Dutch coast on 7 November 1795.

[5] She was then towed back to Portsmouth and was completed for sea on 13 May 1846 at an initial cost of £55,002[6] including the hull at £21,328, machinery at £20,390 and fitting at £13,284.

[Note 1] She was commissioned on 26 November 1845 under Commander Jamea Crawford Caffin, RN for service with the Channel Squadron at Portsmouth.

She was commissioned in April 1854 under Commander John Adams, RN for the West Coast of Africa as Flag Ship of the Squadron.