HMS Meda (1880)

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]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Meda.
History
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.
Name: Meda
Acquired: 1896
Fate: Wrecked on reef near East Cape, New Guinea.
General characteristics
Type: schooner

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

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
  1. Bastock, p. 79.
  2. "The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 8 July 1897, p. 5". Retrieved 23 October 2010.

References
  • 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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