HMS Sinbad was a 60-foot (18.3 m) lighter built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.

[1] When converted into bomb vessels, the 60-foot lighters were armed with a single 13-inch (330 mm) mortar and had a complement of 17–18 crewmen.

[2] Sinbad, the only ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was laid down in November 1832 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 27 February 1823.

[2] Her conversion into a bomb vessel began in October 1854 at Woolwich Dockyard and lasted until June 1855.

The ship was renamed MV.2 (Mortar Vessel) in recognition of her new role on 19 October 1855.