The vessels below were listed in 1798 as serving the Bombay Marine, the naval arm of the British East India Company (EIC).[1] The list of names and armaments comes from the Bombay Almanack and Register for 1798.[2] Most of the vessels, especially the ones for which we have a burthen, were built for the EIC at the Bombay Dockyard.
| Name | Type | Launch | Burthen | Guns | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alert | Schooner | 1795 | 10 × 2-pounder guns | Lost 1798[3] (replaced in 1802 by the captured l'Eugenie, renamed Alert [1]) | |
| Antelope | Brig | 1793 | 199[3] | 12 × 4-pounder guns | Sold after 1830 |
| Bombay | Ship | 1793 | 639,[4] or 67183⁄94,[5] or 693[6] | 24 × 12-pounder + 8 × 6-pounder guns | Sold to the Admiralty in 1805; renamed HMS Ceylon in 1808; broken up 1861 |
| Drake | Ship | 1787 | 14 × 6-pounder guns | ||
| Fly | Brig | 1793 | 176 | 14 × 6-pounder guns | |
| Intrepid | Ship | 1780[7] | 14 × 6-pounder guns | ||
| Panther | Snow | 1778 | 181[8] | 12 × 4-pounder + 2 × 3-pounder guns | |
| Princess Augusta | Snow | 1768[9] | 12 × 3-pounder guns | Originally a grab | |
| Princess Royal | Ketch | 1768[10] | 12 × 3-pounder guns | Originally a grab | |
| Queen | Ketch | 1768[10] | 10 × 3-pounder guns + 4 swivel guns | ||
| Rodney | Ketch | 10 × 4-pounder guns + 10 swivel guns | |||
| Strombolo (or Stromboli) |
Bomb ketch | 1793 | 68 | 12 × 3-pounder guns | Lost 1809 |
| Swift | Ship | 20 × 6-pounder guns | On the beach at Ambonya in 1801, partly broken up and without a crew. Replaced by a purchased vessel that continued the name.[11] | ||
| Viper | Snow | 1755 | 10 × 3-pounder guns + 4 swivel guns | New boat February 1755;[12] launched by Bombay Dockyard for the Bombay Marine as Revenge, but renamed before completion, the name Revenge being wanted for a larger ship.[13] |
Citations
- ^ a b Low (1877).
- ^ The Bombay Almanack, and Register, for ... 1798. The British Library, London: John Turner. 1798. p. 108. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ a b Hackman (2001), p. 324.
- ^ Phipps (1840), p. 164.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 213.
- ^ Hackman (2001), p. 326.
- ^ Wadia (1986), p. 333.
- ^ Hackman (2001), p. 337.
- ^ Wadia (1986), p. 332.
- ^ a b Wadia (1986), p. 331.
- ^ Lee (1912), p. 199.
- ^ Wadia (1986), p. 207.
- ^ Hackman (2001), p. 343.
References
- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
- Lee, Ida (1912). Commodore Sir John Hayes: His Voyage and Life (1767-1831) with Some Account of Admiral D'Entrecasteaux's Voyage of 1792-3. Longmans, Green.
- Low, Charles Rathbone (1877). History of the Indian Navy: (1613-1863). R. Bentley and son.
- Phipps, John (1840). A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.
- Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd ed.). Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
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