| Name: | ESK |
| Type: | Gunboat |
| Keel: | |
| Launched: | 28/04/1877 |
| Completed: | 1877 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 343 |
| Dimensions: | 363disp, 110.0 x 34.1 x 8.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x 2cyl, 60nhp, 310ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 9.5knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Armament: | 3 x 1 x 64pdr guns; (1892: 2 or 3 x 1 x 4.7ins QF guns?) |
| History: | |
| 1877 | British Royal Navy |
| 04/1903 | Sold |
| Comments: | Member of the Medina class |
| Fitted with 3 masts and barquentine rig of sails to extend their range | |
| 1892: May have been rearmed | |
| 04/1903: Sold at Hong Kong |
Above photo of sister MEDINA is copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo of sister MEDINA is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo of sister MEDINA is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Jarrow Express, Saturday, 05/05/1877