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 |
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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] |
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link)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 |
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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] |
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