HMS Medway (1812)

	Medway
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Medway
Ordered	19 August 1807
Builder	Pitcher, Northfleet
Laid down	December 1808
Launched	19 November 1812
Fate	Sold, 1865
General characteristics
Class and type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1768 bm
Length	176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns; Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns; QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades; Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades; Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades;

HMS Medway was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 November 1812 at Northfleet.

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