Name Medusa Ordered 10 March 1838 Laid down May 1838 Construction started May 1838 | Namesake Medusa Builder Pembroke Dockyard Completed 12 August 1839 Launched 31 October 1838 | |
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.
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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. The Medusa class was armed with a pair of 6-pounder carronades.
Construction and career
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.