HMS Medina (1840)

Medina, the twelfth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,^[3] was ordered on 30 March 1838, laid down in June 1839 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 18 March 1840.^[2] She was completed in April 1840, but was not commissioned until 19 October 1848 for packet duties in the Mediterranean.^[1]

During the Crimean War, she collided with the British barque Agnes Blaikie in the Black Sea off Balaklava, Russia; Agnes Blaikie sank, but her crew were rescued.^[4]

Medina was converted into a survey ship on 7 January 1856.^[1] On 27 October 1857, she ran aground in the Kilia Channel. She was refloated with the assistance of the Royal Sardinian Navy steamship Authion.^[5] In August 1862, she assisted in the refloating of the British steamship Dalmatian, which had run aground in the Gulf of Smyrna.^[6]

Medina was paid off on 10 November 1863 at Malta and scrapped in March 1864.^[1]

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