 After a refit in 1859-1860 she recommissioned for the Cape of Good Hope Station and served both there and on the East Indies Station.Under Commander Frederick Archibald Campbell "Hornet" served in the Baltic campaign of 1854 during the Russian War.On 25 April 1855 "Hornet", along with HMS "Sybille" and HMS "Bittern", under Commodore The Hon.