HMS Merlin (1838)

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John Wilson Carmichael
History
United Kingdom
NameMerlin
Ordered10 March 1838
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downApril 1838
Launched18 September 1838
CompletedApril 1839
Commissioned20 April 1839
ReclassifiedAs
gunvessel
, 1856
FateSold, 18 May 1863
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeMerlin-class packet boat
Tons burthen889 14/94 bm
Length
  • 175 ft (53.3 m) (Gun deck)
  • 153 ft 6 in (46.8 m) (Keel)
Beam33 ft 2 in (10.1 m)
Depth16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Installed power312
nhp
Propulsion2 × Steam engines
Armament2 × 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]

John Wilson Carmichael
Illustrated London News

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

  1. ^ a b c Winfield, p. 1432
  2. ^ a b Winfield & Lyon, p. 167
  3. ^ Colledge, pp. 223–224

References

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  • Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. .
  • 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.{{cite book}}: 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. .

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