She was sent to the East Indies Station and China Station and participated during the Second Opium War (commanded by John Fane Charles Hamilton) until being assigned to the Australia Station in 1859. She searched for HMS "Sappho" with HMVS "Victoria" after "Sappho" disappeared in Bass Strait in February 1858. In 1860 she participated during the First Taranaki War. She left the Australia Station in March 1860 and upon arriving in England was paid off.