HMS Medina (1840)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Medina.

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 & 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. The ship remained in ordinary until she was commissioned in 1848. She was converted into a survey ship in 1856 and was broken up in March 1864.

## Description

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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 Medusa class was fitted with a pair of steam engines, rated at 312 nominal horsepower, that drove their paddlewheels. The ships were armed with a pair of 6-pounder carronades.[2]

## Construction and career

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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, but was not commissioned until 19 October 1848 for packet duties in the Mediterranean.[1]

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.[4]

Medina was converted into a survey ship on 7 January 1856.[1] On 27 October 1857, she ran aground in the Kilia Channel. She was refloated with the assistance of the Royal Sardinian Navy steamship Authion.[5] In August 1862, she assisted in the refloating of the British steamship Dalmatian, which had run aground in the Gulf of Smyrna.[6]

Medina was paid off on 10 November 1863 at Malta and scrapped in March 1864.[1]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c d Winfield, p. 1432
2. ^ a b Winfield & Lyon, p. 167
3. ^ Colledge & Warlow, pp. 223–224
4. ^ "Agnes Blaikie". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
5. ^ "Naval and Military". Daily News. No. 3600\. London. 28 November 1857.
6. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4542\. Liverpool. 1 September 1862.

## References

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* 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.
* Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.
* Phillips, Lawrie (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. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.

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* 12 Mar: President
* March (unknown date): Trouvadore
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* 12 Feb: Tage
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* 27 Aug: HMS Vulture
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* 7 Jul: HMS Actaeon
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