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Friday, 18 October 2019

The British frigate Medina according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 29 October 1824

The British frigate Medina on board of which lord Strangford intended to go begun October was stranded off Cape Colonna (Livadien) and so heavily damaged that it wasn't expected she would be within short time again in service.(1)

Source
J.J. Colledge/Ben Warlow. Ships of the Royal Navy. London, 2006.

Note
1. A 20-gun 6th rate launched at Adams, Bucklers Hard 13 August 1813 and sold in 1832 to be broken up. Dimensions 116'x 30' with a builders measurement of 460 ton.