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| Builders | Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, England. 1840 |
| Length | 205 feet |
| Beam | 45 feet |
| Displacement | 2,935 tons |
| Machinery | Single horizontal steam engines. 1,,000 hp |
| Speed | 12 knots |
| Armament | 72 x muzzle loading guns |
| Complement | 230 |
| Disposal | Sold for scrap 1884 |
H.M.S. London was the Royal Navy’s floating headquarters at Zanzibar from April 1874 until towed to Bombay for breaking up.
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| J.E. Padgin | Able Seaman | June 1876 |
| Henry Bond | Able Seaman | 18 September 1876 |
| Henry Luke | Able Seaman | 18 September 1876 |
| Francis Mitchell | 15 March 1877 | |
| James Fiacey | 27 March 1877 | |
| Samuel Cunningham | Bandsman | 5 September 1877 |
| Herman Clanfield | Armourer | 15 October 1878 |
| George Martin | Corporal, R. M | 26 March 1879 |
| John Clark | Steward | 26 November 1879 |
| Thomas Field | Able Seaman | 5 March 1881 |
| William Simmons | Able Seaman | 17 March 1881 |
| Abram Light | Able Seaman | 12 October 1881 |
Killed in action with a slave dhow off Pemba. |
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| Charles Brownrigg | Captain | 3 December 1881 |
| Richard Mockley | Stoker | 3 December 1881 |
| John Aers | Writer | 3 December 1881 |
| Thomas Bishop | Ordinary Seaman | 3 December 1881 |
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| Walter Woolcot | Able Seaman | 20 February 1882 |
| S.J. Gamblen | Writer | 5 March 1882 |
| Richard Cooksley | Caulker | 11 June 1882 |
| Otho Steed | Able Seaman | 19 July 1882 |
| George Worthington | Gunner | 10 January 1883 |
| Charles Davey | Coxwain | 12 September 1883 |
| Thomas Anderson | Able Seaman | 8 May 1897 |
| A. Wratting | 2 February 188? | |