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]

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Meda
BuilderWilliam Westacott Ship Building Company, Barnstaple
Laid down1879
Launched1880
Acquired1880
FateSold in 1887 to Colony of Western Australia.
Western Australian Ensign
NameMeda
Acquired1887
FateSold in 1896 to Wesleyan Board of Missions.
Civil Ensign of the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
NameMeda
Acquired1896
FateWrecked on reef near East Cape, New Guinea.
General characteristics
Typeschooner

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

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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

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

References

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  • Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0