HMS Bombay (1808)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bombay.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bombay
Ordered	23 July 1805
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	October 1805
Launched	28 March 1808
Renamed	HMS Blake, 1819
Fate	Broken up, 1855
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Lengthened Courageux-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1701 (bm)
Length	172 ft 3+1⁄2 in (52.515 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 9 in (14.55 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders QD: 2 × 9-pounders, 12 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounders, 2 × 32-pounder carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Bombay was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 March 1808 at Deptford. ^[1]

On 24 January 1813 Bombay, then under the command of Captain Norman Thompson, detained the Dumpteur des Ondts. ^{[Note 1]} . She went on to be flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir John Beresford from July 1814, and of Sir Charles Penrose in 1816. ^[3]

Bombay was renamed HMS Blake in 1819 in honour of Admiral Robert Blake, and was converted to harbour service in 1828.

The hulk Blake at Spithead in 1854.

She was broken up in December 1855. ^[1]

Notes

1. A first-class share of the prize money was worth £494 4s 8¼d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth £2 7s 8d. ^[2]

Citations

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.
2. "No. 17044". The London Gazette . 25 July 1815. p. 1522.
3. Winfield, British Warships, p.199.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC   67375475.
• Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN   0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN   978-1-86176-246-7.