HMS Medina (1840)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | Medina |
| Ordered: | 30 March 1838 |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down: | June 1839 |
| Launched: | 18 March 1840 |
| Completed: | April 1840 |
| Commissioned: | 19 October 1848 |
| Reclassified: | As survey ship, 7 January 1856 |
| Fate: | Broken up, March 1864 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | Merlin-class packet boat |
| Tons burthen: | 889 14/94 bm |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 33 ft 2 in (10.1 m) |
| Depth: | 16 ft 5 in (5.0 m) |
| Installed power: | 312 nhp |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Steam engines |
| Armament: | 2 × 6-pdr carronades |
HMS Medina was a 2-gun Merlin-class paddle packet boat built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s. She was converted into a survey ship in 1856 and was broken up in March 1864.
Description
Medina had a length at the gun deck of 175 feet (53.3 m) and 153 feet 6 inches (46.8 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 33 feet 2 inches (10.1 m), and a depth of hold of 16 feet 5 inches (5.0 m). The ship's tonnage was 889 14⁄94 tons burthen.[1] The Merlin class was armed with a pair of 6-pounder carronades.[2]
Construction and career
Medina, the twelfth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 30 March 1838, laid down in June 1839 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 18 March 1840.[2] She was completed in April 1840 and commissioned on 19 October 1848 for packet duties in the Mediterranean. The ship was converted into a survey ship on 7 January 1856 and scrapped in Malta in March 1864.[1]
Notes
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 1-84415-700-8.
- Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.