[3] Propulsion was by a 500 nhp steam engine,[4] which was built by Napier & Sons, Glasgow.

[2] Endymion was the last wooden frigate built at Deptford Dockyard.

She was commissioned in 1866 and spent much of her service based at Malta.

In 1869–70 she sailed around the world as part of a Flying Squadron.

She was sold out of service in 1885, and served as an administration ship until 1904.