HMS Medusa (1838)
| History | |
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 United Kingdom
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| 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.
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. The Medusa class was armed with a pair of 6-pounder carronades.
Medusa, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, was ordered on 10 March 1838, laid down two months later at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 31 October of that same year. 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.
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