HMS Meda (1880)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Meda |
| Builder | William Westacott Ship Building Company, Barnstaple |
| Laid down | 1879 |
| Launched | 1880 |
| Acquired | 1880 |
| Fate | Sold in 1887 to Colony of Western Australia. |
 | |
| Name | Meda |
| Acquired | 1887 |
| Fate | Sold in 1896 to Wesleyan Board of Missions. |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Meda |
| Acquired | 1896 |
| Fate | Wrecked on reef near East Cape, New Guinea. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | schooner |
HMS Meda was a schooner of the Royal Navy, built by William Westacott Ship Building Company, Barnstaple and purchased by the Royal Navy in 1880.[1]
She commenced service on the Australia Station in 1880 as a survey vessel for hydrographic surveys.[1] She undertook survey work along North West Australia.[1] The Meda River and Meda Passage are named after her. She was sold in 1887 to the Colony of Western Australia.
Fate[edit]
She was sold to the Wesleyan Board of Missions in 1896. Meda was wrecked on a reef near East Cape, New Guinea on 14 June 1897.[2]
Citations[edit]
- ^ a b c Bastock, p. 79.
- ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 8 July 1897, p. 5". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 July 1897. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
References[edit]
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
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