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: | |
| 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
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.