List of vessels of the Bombay Marine (1798)

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 6718394,[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

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  1. ^ a b Low (1877).
  2. ^ The Bombay Almanack, and Register, for ... 1798. The British Library, London: John Turner. 1798. p. 108. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Wadia (1986), p. 331.
  11. ^ Lee (1912), p. 199.
  12. ^ Wadia (1986), p. 207.
  13. ^ Hackman (2001), p. 343.

References

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  • 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.