List of vessels of the Bombay Marine (1798)

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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.

NameTypeLaunchBurthenGunsRemarks
Alert Schooner 179510 × 2-pounder gunsLost 1798 [3] (replaced in 1802 by the captured l'Eugenie, renamed Alert [1] )
Antelope Brig 1793199 [3] 12 × 4-pounder gunsSold after 1830
Bombay Ship1793639, [4] or 67183⁄94, [5] or 693 [6] 24 × 12-pounder + 8 × 6-pounder gunsSold to the Admiralty in 1805; renamed HMS Ceylon in 1808; broken up 1861
DrakeShip178714 × 6-pounder guns
FlyBrig179317614 × 6-pounder guns
IntrepidShip1780 [7] 14 × 6-pounder guns
Panther Snow 1778181 [8] 12 × 4-pounder + 2 × 3-pounder guns
Princess AugustaSnow1768 [9] 12 × 3-pounder gunsOriginally a grab
Princess Royal Ketch 1768 [10] 12 × 3-pounder gunsOriginally a grab
QueenKetch1768 [10] 10 × 3-pounder guns + 4 swivel guns
RodneyKetch10 × 4-pounder guns + 10 swivel guns
Strombolo
(or Stromboli)		Bomb ketch17936812 × 3-pounder gunsLost 1809
SwiftShip20 × 6-pounder gunsOn the beach at Ambonya in 1801, partly broken up and without a crew. Replaced by a purchased vessel that continued the name. [11]
ViperSnow175510 × 3-pounder guns + 4 swivel gunsNew 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

  1. 1 2 Low (1877).
  2. ↑ The Bombay Almanack, and Register, for ... 1798. The British Library, London: John Turner. 1798. p. 108. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. 1 2 Hackman (2001), p. 324.
  4. ↑ Phipps (1840), p. 164.
  5. ↑ Winfield (2008), p. 213.
  6. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 326.
  7. ↑ Wadia (1986), p. 333.
  8. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 337.
  9. ↑ Wadia (1986), p. 332.
  10. 1 2 Wadia (1986), p. 331.
  11. ↑ Lee (1912), p. 199.
  12. ↑ Wadia (1986), p. 207.
  13. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 343.

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