Two vessels of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Meda'': * was a survey

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launched in 1880 at

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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

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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, and renamed HMS ''Meda'' in 1949. The vessel was sold to a private individual in 1966.

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