HMS Meda explained

Two vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Meda:

• was a survey schooner launched in 1880 at Barnstaple and purchased that year by the Navy. She was sold in 1887 to the Government of Western Australia.
• was a Harbour Defence Motor Launch launched in 1943 at Bideford and previously known as SDML 3552, SDML 1301 and HDML 1301. The boat acted as a navigation marker during the invasion Elba in June 1944. After the Second World War she was used for survey work in the Mediterranean and English Channel,^[1] and renamed HMS Meda in 1949. The vessel was sold to a private individual in 1966.

Notes and References

1. Web site: HDML Boats 1300-1349 . The Medusa Trust . 2008-10-28 . 2 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002160139/http://www.hmsmedusa.org.uk/HDML_Boats_1300-1349.html . dead .