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HMS Medea (1833)
HMS Medea was one of the initial steam-powered vessels built for the Royal Navy. On 10 January 1831 the new First Lord Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet gave orders that four paddle vessels be built to competitive designs. The vessels were to be powered by Maudslay, Son & Field steam engines, carry a schooner rig and mount one or two 10-inch shell guns. Initially classed simply as a steam vessel (SV), she was re-classed as a second-class steam sloop when that categorization was introduced on 31 May 1844. Designed by Oliver Lang, the master shipwright of Woolwich. She was launched and completed in 1834, took part in the Syrian Coast Campaign and was broken up in 1867.
Medea was the fifth named vessel (spelt Medea or Medee) since it was introduced for a 26-gun, sixth rate (Medee) captured from the French on 4 April 1744 by HMS Dreadnought, sold in March 1745 to become the privateer Boscawen.
Her keel was laid in April 1832 at Woolwich Dockyard and launched on 2 September 1833. Her gundeck was 179 feet 4.5 inches (54.67 metres) with her keel length reported for tonnage calculation was 157 feet 4.875 inches (47.98 metres). Her maximum breadth was 31 feet 11 inches (9.73 metres) with 31 feet 7 inches (9.63 metres) being reported for tonnage. Her depth of hold was 20 feet 0 inches (6.10 metres). Her light draught was 13 feet 10 inches (4.22 metres) forward and 14 feet 6 inches (4.42 metres) aft. Her builder's measure tonnage was 835 tons though her displacement was 1,142 tons.
Her machinery was supplied by John Penn & Sons of Greenwich. She was fitted with two fire-tube rectangular boilers. Her steam engine was a two-cylinder vertical single expansion (VSE) engine rated at 350 nominal horsepower (NHP). In 1846 she was re-engined with a Maudslay 4-cylinder Siamese engine of 220 NHP. During her steam trials the engine generated 900 indicated horsepower (670 kW) for a speed of 10.6 knots (19.6 km/h). She originally was to have a schooner sail plan, however, this was changed to a barque or barquentine sail rig.
Her armament initially consisted of two Miller's Original 10-inch 84 hundredweight (cwt) muzzle loading smooth bore (MLSB) shell guns on pivot mounts and two Bloomfield's 32-pounder 25 cwt MLSB guns on broadside trucks. The number of 32-pounders was later increased to four guns. In 1862 one of the 10-inch guns was replaced by an Armstrong 7-inch rifled breach loading (RBL) gun on a pivot mount. This Armstrong gun was more commonly known as the 100/110-pounder depending on the weight of shell carried. This gun was probably withdrawn in the late 1860s due to a weakness in the breach mechanism.
She was completed on 12 February 1833 with an initial cost of £35,961 (including machinery - £13,080).
Her first commission was on 30 January 1834 under the command of Commander Horatio Thomas Austin, RN for service in the Mediterranean. She returned to Home Waters paying off in October 1837.
Her next commissioning would occur on 14 February 1838 under the command of Commander John Neale Nott, RN for service on the North America and West Indies Station, including the St Lawrence River. She returned to Home Waters paying off in November 1839.
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HMS Medea (1833)
HMS Medea was one of the initial steam-powered vessels built for the Royal Navy. On 10 January 1831 the new First Lord Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet gave orders that four paddle vessels be built to competitive designs. The vessels were to be powered by Maudslay, Son & Field steam engines, carry a schooner rig and mount one or two 10-inch shell guns. Initially classed simply as a steam vessel (SV), she was re-classed as a second-class steam sloop when that categorization was introduced on 31 May 1844. Designed by Oliver Lang, the master shipwright of Woolwich. She was launched and completed in 1834, took part in the Syrian Coast Campaign and was broken up in 1867.
Medea was the fifth named vessel (spelt Medea or Medee) since it was introduced for a 26-gun, sixth rate (Medee) captured from the French on 4 April 1744 by HMS Dreadnought, sold in March 1745 to become the privateer Boscawen.
Her keel was laid in April 1832 at Woolwich Dockyard and launched on 2 September 1833. Her gundeck was 179 feet 4.5 inches (54.67 metres) with her keel length reported for tonnage calculation was 157 feet 4.875 inches (47.98 metres). Her maximum breadth was 31 feet 11 inches (9.73 metres) with 31 feet 7 inches (9.63 metres) being reported for tonnage. Her depth of hold was 20 feet 0 inches (6.10 metres). Her light draught was 13 feet 10 inches (4.22 metres) forward and 14 feet 6 inches (4.42 metres) aft. Her builder's measure tonnage was 835 tons though her displacement was 1,142 tons.
Her machinery was supplied by John Penn & Sons of Greenwich. She was fitted with two fire-tube rectangular boilers. Her steam engine was a two-cylinder vertical single expansion (VSE) engine rated at 350 nominal horsepower (NHP). In 1846 she was re-engined with a Maudslay 4-cylinder Siamese engine of 220 NHP. During her steam trials the engine generated 900 indicated horsepower (670 kW) for a speed of 10.6 knots (19.6 km/h). She originally was to have a schooner sail plan, however, this was changed to a barque or barquentine sail rig.
Her armament initially consisted of two Miller's Original 10-inch 84 hundredweight (cwt) muzzle loading smooth bore (MLSB) shell guns on pivot mounts and two Bloomfield's 32-pounder 25 cwt MLSB guns on broadside trucks. The number of 32-pounders was later increased to four guns. In 1862 one of the 10-inch guns was replaced by an Armstrong 7-inch rifled breach loading (RBL) gun on a pivot mount. This Armstrong gun was more commonly known as the 100/110-pounder depending on the weight of shell carried. This gun was probably withdrawn in the late 1860s due to a weakness in the breach mechanism.
She was completed on 12 February 1833 with an initial cost of £35,961 (including machinery - £13,080).
Her first commission was on 30 January 1834 under the command of Commander Horatio Thomas Austin, RN for service in the Mediterranean. She returned to Home Waters paying off in October 1837.
Her next commissioning would occur on 14 February 1838 under the command of Commander John Neale Nott, RN for service on the North America and West Indies Station, including the St Lawrence River. She returned to Home Waters paying off in November 1839.