HMS Medusa (1838)

History
United Kingdom
Name: Medusa
Namesake: Medusa
Ordered: 10 March 1838
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: May 1838
Launched: 31 October 1838
Completed: 12 August 1839
Commissioned: 8 August 1839
Reclassified: As tugboat, 1862
Fate: Sold for scrap, 17 February 1872
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 Medusa was a 2-gun Merlin-class paddle packet boat built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s. She was converted into a tugboat in 1861–62 and sold scrap in 1872.

Description

Merlin 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 Medusa class was armed with a pair of 6-pounder carronades.[2]

Construction and career

Medusa, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 10 March 1838, laid down two months later at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 31 October of that same year.[2] She was completed in 12 August 1839 and commissioned four days earlier. The ship was based at Liverpool for packet service in the Irish Sea.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Winfield, p. 1432
  2. 1 2 Winfield & Lyon, p. 167
  3. ↑ Colledge, pp. 221

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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