HMS Merlin (1838)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Merlin |
| Ordered: | 10 March 1838 |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down: | April 1838 |
| Launched: | 18 September 1838 |
| Completed: | April 1839 |
| Commissioned: | 20 April 1839 |
| Reclassified: | As gunvessel, 1856 |
| Fate: | Sold, 18 May 1863 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | Merlin-class packet boat |
| Tons burthen: | 889 14/94 bm |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 33 ft 2 in (10.1 m) |
| Depth: | 16 ft 5 in (5.0 m) |
| Installed power: | 312 nhp |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Steam engines |
| Armament: | 2 × 6-pdr carronades |
HMS Merlin was a 2-gun paddle packet boat, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s. She was converted into a survey ship in 1854 and then into a gunvessel two years later.
Merlin had a length at the gun deck of 175 feet (53.3 m) and 153 feet 6 inches (46.8 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 33 feet 2 inches (10.1 m), and a depth of hold of 16 feet 5 inches (5.0 m). The ship's tonnage was 889 14⁄94 tons burthen. The Merlin class was armed with a pair of 6-pounder carronades.
Merlin, the twelfth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, was ordered on 10 March 1838, laid down the following month at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 18 September 1838. She was completed in April 1839 and commissioned on 20 April.
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