HMS Medina (1840)

HMS Medina was a 2-gun Merlin-class paddle packet boat built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s. She was converted into a survey ship in 1856 and was broken up in March 1864.

Description
Medina had a length at the gun deck of 175 ft and 153 ft at the keel. She had a beam of 33 ft, and a depth of hold of 16 ft. The ship's tonnage was 889 $14⁄94$ tons burthen. The Merlin class was armed with a pair of 6-pounder carronades.

Construction and career
Medina, the twelfth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, was ordered on 30 March 1838, laid down in June 1839 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 18 March 1840. She was completed in April 1840 and commissioned on 19 October 1848 for packet duties in the Mediterranean. The ship was converted into a survey ship on 7 January 1856 and scrapped in Malta in March 1864.