| Name: | WATCHFUL |
| Type: | Gunboat |
| Keel: | |
| Launched: | 04/06/1856 |
| Completed: | 1856 |
| Builder: | T & W Smith |
| Yard: | Limekilns Shore, North Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 249disp, 110.0 x 21.9 x 4.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 1cyl |
| Engines by: | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Armament: | 1 x 68pdr, 1 x 32pdr guns |
| History: | |
| 1856 | British Royal Navy |
| 01/02/1871 | Unknown owner |
| No further history known | |
| Comments: | A member of the Clown Class |
| 01/02/1871: Sold to an unknown owner at Hong Kong | |
| Some reports suggest she was built at St Peter's |