| Name: | MEDINA |
| Type: | Gunboat |
| Keel: | |
| Launched: | 03/08/1876 |
| Completed: | 1877 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 332 |
| 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 x 1 x 4.7ins QF guns) |
| History: | |
| 1877 | British Royal Navy |
| 1904 | Unknown owner |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Name ship of the Medina class of steam gunboats |
| Fitted with 3 masts & rigged as a barquentine to extend range | |
| 1892: Re-armed | |
| 1904: Sold at Bermuda |
Above photo is copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Jarrow Express, Saturday, 05/08/1876