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:
  • 175 ft (53.3 m) (Gun deck)
  • 153 ft 6 in (46.8 m) (Keel)
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. During the Crimean War, she collided with the British barque Agnes Blaikie in the Black Sea off Balaklava, Russia; Agnes Blaikie sank, but her crew were rescued. Medina was converted into a survey ship on 7 January 1856 and scrapped at Malta in March 1864.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Winfield, p. 1432
  2. 1 2 Winfield & Lyon, p. 167
  3. ↑ Colledge, pp. 223–24

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)|format= requires |url= (help). 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.
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