HMS Merlin (1838)
John Wilson Carmichael
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Merlin |
Ordered | 10 March 1838 |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Laid down | April 1838 |
Launched | 18 September 1838 |
Completed | April 1839 |
Commissioned | 20 April 1839 |
Reclassified | As gunvessel , 1856 |
Fate | Sold, 18 May 1863 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Merlin-class packet boat |
Tons burthen | 889 14/94 bm |
Length | |
Beam | 33 ft 2 in (10.1 m) |
Depth | 16 ft 5 in (5.0 m) |
Installed power | 312 nhp |
Propulsion | 2 × Steam engines |
Armament | 2 × 6-pdr carronades |
HMS Merlin was the
decommissioned
in 1858 and was sold into commercial service in 1863.
Description
Merlin had a length at the
paddlewheels. The ships were armed with a pair of 6-pounder carronades.[2]
Construction and career
Merlin, the twelfth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,launched on 18 September 1838.[2] She was completed in April 1839 and commissioned on 20 April. The ship was initially based at Liverpool for packet service in the Irish Sea. Merlin was modified in 1848 for service in the Mediterranean Sea.[1]
She was converted into a survey vessel in 1854 and was transferred to the
paid off on 23 April 1858, listed for sale on 18 September 1861 and sold on 18 May 1863. Her purchaser, A. E. Williams & Co., intended to use her for commercial service and renamed her Sea Hawk.[1]
Notes
References
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.
- Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
External links
- Media related to HMS Merlin (ship, 1838) at Wikimedia Commons