HMS Medina

Several ships and shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Medina, after the River Medina on the Isle of Wight:

• HMS Medina (1772) was a yacht that served the Governor of the Isle of Wight; she was broken up at Portsmouth in 1832.[1]
• HMS Medina (1813) was a Cyrus-class post ship; she was sold in 1832.[2]
• HMS Medina (1840) was a 2-gun Merlin-class paddle packet boat completed in 1840. She was converted into a survey ship in 1856 and broken up in March 1864.
• HMS Medina (1876) was a Medina-class gunboat launched 1876, sold in 1904.
• HMS Medina (shore establishment), landing craft and Fleet Air Arm shore establishment, Puckpool, Ryde, Isle of Wight.

Citations and references

Citations

1. Winfield (2008), p. 400.
2. Winfield (2008), p. 268.

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.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)