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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 and 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 |
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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.
She was broken up in December 1855. [1]
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