HMS Medina explained

Several ships and shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Medina, after the River Medina on the Isle of Wight:

• was a yacht that served the Governor of the Isle of Wight; she was broken up at Portsmouth in 1832.
• was a ; she was sold in 1832.
• was a 2-gun paddle packet boat completed in 1840. She was converted into a survey ship in 1856 and broken up in March 1864.
• was a gunboat launched 1876, sold in 1904.
• , an Admiralty M-class destroyer that served during the First World War. The ship was originally named Redmill but renamed before being launched in 1916 and was sold for breaking up in 1921.
• , landing craft and Fleet Air Arm shore establishment, Puckpool, Ryde, Isle of Wight.

References

• • Book: Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. 2008. 978-1-86176-246-7.