Medina, 1813
Type: Sloop ; Armament 20
Launched : 1813 ; Disposal date or year : 1832
Notes:

1813 some comments on the design and building of the Cyrus and Medina.

Portsmouth 30 Dec 1813 Will sail with a convoy for the north coast of Spain.

Portsmouth 3 Apr 1814 Arrived with a convoy from Lisbon.

Portsmouth 26 Apr 1814 sailed with the Wolverine, Cormorant and a convoy for Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and New Brunswick.

2 May 1814 departed Torbay with the Wolverine, Cormorant and a convoy for Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and New Brunswick.

10 Jun 1814 Wolverine, Capt. Kerr, arrived Halifax with the Cormorant, and that part of the convoy bound for Nova Scotia, Medina having separated for Newfoundland.

Barbadoes 28 Dec 1814 arrived with a small convoy from Newfoundland.

5 Aug 1815, arrived Halifax, from Newfoundland, with passengers Capt. J. Marshall, and Lt. Finney, RN.

15 Sep 1815, arrived Halifax with the schooner Jane, 10 days from St. John's, N.B., who lost her topmast in a gale a few days since.

21 Sep 1815, arrived Halifax, from Newfoundland and Sydney, N.S.

10 Oct 1815 arrived Halifax, in 7 days from St. John's, Newfoundland.

Falmouth 8 Dec 1815 Arrived from St. John's Newfoundland.

27 Nov 1821 Is in commission and based in the Mediterranean.

6 Jan 1827 Employed in the Mediterranean.

Malta 12 May 1827 Sailed for England.

Portsmouth 19 Jun 1827 Arrived from Malta.

Portsmouth 23 Jun 1827 Sailed for Plymouth, to be paid off.

Lisbon 14 Jun 1828 Arrived from England.

Lisbon 11 July 1828 Had already sailed for the Coast of Africa.

3 Oct 1828 detained in or about lat. 0° 46' N., long. 5° 30' E., the Brazilian slave schooner Penha da Franca, with 184 slaves on board, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, and on 16 Dec 1828 sentenced to be condemned.

Ascension 20 Oct 1828 Arrived with the Royal Marines for the Island.

12 Nov 1828 detained in lat. 1° 17' N., long. 4° 26' E., the Spanish slave brig El Juan, with 407 slaves on board, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Spanish Mixed Court of Justice, Sierra Leone, and on 19 Dec 1828 sentenced to be condemned.

23 Nov 1828 detained in at lat. 3° 12' N., 5° 54' E., ; bound from the River Benin, the Brazilian slave schooner Triumpho, with 127 slaves on board, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, and on 17 Jan 1829 sentenced to be condemned.

Per a report made to Parliament in 1842, at some time during 1829 the Sloop Medina, 20 guns, Complement: 135, was involved in combatting the Slave Trade and experienced 4 Deaths.

7 Jan 1829 detained the Brazilian slave schooner Bella Eliza, Gaspar dos Reis do Fonceca, master, 120 tons, 232 negroes, in lat. 3° 13' N., long. 4° 41' E., en route from Lagos River to Bahia, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, and on 27 Feb 1829 sentenced to be condemned. After the court process 75 men, 22 women, 113 children, were emancipated.

1 Feb 1829 Mr. Richard Roberts, Mate of HM ship Medina, wounded whilst serving on board the Black Joke, tender to the Sybille, during the chase and subsequent action against the Spanish slave vessel Almirante, with four hundred and sixty-six slaves on board. See Black Joke for more detail.

Sierra Leone 12 May 1829 Is lying in the river refitting, having just arrived from a cruise.

7 Aug 1829 detained in lat. 2° 29' 6" N. Long. 6° 25' 2" E., en route from Ajuda (Whydah), the Brazilian slave schooner Santo Jago, Jozé Antonio de Souza Paladins, master, with 209 slaves on board, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, and on 30 Sep 1829 sentenced to be condemned.

17 Aug 1829 detained the Spanish slave schooner Clarita, José Rodriguez, master, at lat. 0° 25' 5" N., long. 8° 54' 9" E, ; bound from River Bonny to Havanna, 261 negroes on board, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Spanish Mixed Court of Justice, Sierra Leone, and on 19 Sep 1829 sentenced to be condemned. 35 Negroes died en route to Sierra Leone, and some 25 following the vessels arrival, leaving 201 to be registered for emancipation following the court process.

St Helena 19 Sep 1829 Is reported to have detained a Brazilian vessel with 209 slaves which has been sent into Sierra Leone.

St Helena 21 Sep 1829 Refitting.

Fernando Po 4 Nov 1829 Has gone to St Helena, her ships' companies being very sickly.

10 Dec 1829 detained in lat. 2° 41' 8" N., long. 6° 38' 8" E., en route from Lagos to Bahia, the Brazilian slave schooner Nao Lendia, Pedro José Vraga, master, with 184 slaves on board, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, and on 1 May 1830 sentenced to be condemned.

Per a report made to Parliament in 1842, at some time during 1830 was involved in combatting the Slave Trade and experienced 1 Death by Accident, Total No of Deaths: 5.

2 Feb 1830 Detained the Brazilian slave schooner Nova Resolucao, Januario Jozé da Cruz, master, with 43 slaves on board, in lat. 2° 25' 3" N. Long. 1° 9' 9" E., off Cape St. Paul's, en route from Awey to Bahia, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, and on 13 May 1830 sentenced to be condemned. Rope from the stores of the Nova Resolucao was used to repair her fore-mast after it had been struck by lightning whilst en route for Freetown, otherwise there would have been no means of sailing the vessel to Sierra Leone for the capture to be adjudicated and for the slaves to be emancipated. However, the rope was not deducted from the stores held on board when the vessel was detained, which eventually became a deficiency when the time came for the Slave Bounty to be paid, along with the prize money for the slave vessel : and payment was held up until the value of the rope was repaid or good reason could be found for it being missing. It was therefore argued that the Ł430 due on the 430 heads of the negroes on board when the vessel was detained, and the Ł329 2s. 6d. due on the moiety of the cargo and vessel should now be paid.

Sierra Leone 10 Apr 1830 refitting.

Early May 1830 whilst still at Sierra Leone, sent 2 boats to the River Pongos, who found 1 French vessel slaving, an American vessel, a Spanish vessel having departed full of slaves before the arrival of the boats.

18 Aug 1830 detained in lat. 3° 22' N. long. 5° 16' E. en route from Grand Bassa the Spanish slave vessel Atafa Primo, Jozé Maury, master, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Spanish Mixed Court of Justice, Sierra Leone, and on 16 Oct 1830 sentenced to be restored to her Master.

Sierra Leone 3 Dec 1830 was reported to be in the Bights [of Benin] with the tender Black Joke.

Per a report made to Parliament in 1842, at some time during 1831 was involved in combatting the Slave Trade and experienced 2 Deaths.

Sierra Leone 9 Mar 1831 gone to Fernando Po.

19 Apr 1931 arrive with the Atholl, and Sea Flower, at Prince's Island from Fernando Po where they join the Dryad and her tenders, the Fair Rosamond and Black Joke. It is reported that the Master and a boy from the Medina died today of fever contracted at Fernando Po and her commanding officer is suffering from the disease.

Portsmouth 17 Jun 1831 arrived from Prince's Island, off the West Coast of Africa, and sailed on the 23rd to be paid-off at Chatham.

4 Jan 1832 Lying at Sheerness. Medina, of 20 guns and 460 tons, put up for sale.