| Name of vessel. | Dates between which so serving. | Commanded by | Remarks. |
| from | to |
| |
| Barracouta* | 10/99 | 6/02 | Comder. R.H. Peirse
Comder. H. Cotesworth
Comder. S. H. B. Ash | |
| Barrosa* | 10/99 | 3/01 | Comder. W. F. Tunnard | |
| Beagle | 7/01 | 6/02 | Comder. H. V. W. Elliott | |
| Blanche | 1/01 | 6/02 | Comder. M. T. Parks | |
| Doris* | 10/99 | 4/01 | Capt. R. C. Prothero, C.B. | Flagship of Rear Admrl. Sir R. H. Harris, K.C.B. K.C.M.G. |
| Dwarf* | 11/99 | 6/02 | Lieut. H. F. Shakespear
Lieut. W. N. England | |
| Fearless | 12/99 | 8/00 | Comder. H. R. P. Floyd | Detached from Mediterranean station. |
| Forte* | 10/99 | 6/02 | Capt. E. P. Jones C.B.
Comder. C. H. Dundas
Capt. R. C. Sparkes, C.M.G.
Capt. P. Hoskyns, C.M.G., M.V.O. | |
| Gibraltar | 4/01 | 6/02 | Capt. A. H. Limpus | Flagship of Rear Admiral Arthur W. Moore, C.B., C.M.G. |
| Magicienne* | 10/99 | 11/00 | Capt. W. B. Fisher, C.B. | |
| Magpie | 11/00 | 5/02 | Lieut. J. K. Laird | |
| Monarch* | 10/99 | 6/02 | Capt. R. D. B. Bruce
Capt. C. H. Bayly
Capt. W. L. Grant | |
| Naiad | 4/01 | 11/01 | Capt. the Hon. A. E. Bethell | Detached from Mediterranean station. |
| Niobe | 11/99 | 8/00 | Capt. A. L. Winsloe | Detached from Channel Squdrn. |
| Partridge* | 10/99 | 6/02 | Lieut. A. T. Hunt
Lieut. E. La T. Leatham | |
| Pearl | 4/02 | 6/02 | Capt. E. P. Ashe | |
| Pelorus | 12/99 | 6/00 | Capt. H. C. B. Hulbert | Detached from Channel Squdrn. |
| Philomel* | 10/99 | 1/02 | Capt. J. E. Bearcroft, C.B. | |
| Powerful | 10/99 | 3/00 | Capt. the Hon. Hedworth Lambton, C.B. | On way home from China. |
| Racoon | 1/00 | 7/00 | Comder. G. H. Hewett
Comder. A. E. A. Grant | Detached from East Indies stn. |
| Rambler | 11/99 | 6/00 | Comder. H. E. P. Cust | Surveying Service. |
| Rattler | 9/01 | 6/02 | Lieut. C. Tibbits | |
| Redbreast | 2/01 | 4/01 | Lieut. M. R. Hill | Detached from East Indies. |
| Sappho | 2/01 | 7/01 | Capt. C. Burney | Dtchd. from S.E. Coast America. |
| Sybille | 1/01 | 2/01 | Capt. H. P. Williams | Wrecked near Lambert's Bay. |
| Tartar* | 10/99 | 7/01 | Comder. F. R. W. Morgan
Comder. R. H. Travers | |
| Terrible | 10/99 | 3/00 | Capt. P. M. Scott, C.B. | On her way out to China station. |
| Terpsichore | 3/01 | 3/02 | Capt. C. H. Coke | Replaced the Sybille. |
| Thetis | 11/99 | 4/01 | Capt. W. Stokes Rees, C.B. | Detached from Mediterranean station. |
| Thrush* | 10/99 | 6/02 | Lieut. W. H. D'Oyly | |
| Widgeon* | 10/99 | 6/01 | Lieut. A. F. Gurney
Lieut. W. Forbes | |