HMS Medea (1778)

Plan of Medea dated 1778
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Medea
Ordered	14 May 1776
Builder	James Martin Hillhouse, Bristol
Laid down	June 1776
Launched	28 April 1778
Completed	15 September 1778 (at Plymouth Dockyard)
Commissioned	May 1778
Fate	Sold for scrap in 1805
General characteristics
Class and type	28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	604 77⁄94 (bm)
Length	120 ft 9+1⁄2 in (36.817 m) (overall) 99 ft 4 in (30.28 m) (keel)
Beam	33 ft 10 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 0+1⁄2 in (3.366 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	200 officers and men
Armament	Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 18-pounder carronades 12 × swivel guns

HMS Medea was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Medea was first commissioned in May 1778 under the command of Captain William Cornwallis. She was sold for breaking up in 1805.