History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Calcutta |
Namesake | Calcutta |
Launched | 1794, Calcutta |
Captured | 17 December 1799, and recaptured the same day |
Fate | Wrecked 8 September 1801 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 760,[1] or 768,[2] or 76890⁄94[3] bm) |
Armament | 8 × 12-pounder guns "of the New Construction"[2] |
Notes |
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Calcutta was launched in 1794 on the Hooghly River. Between 1797 and 1799 she sailed to England on a voyage for the British East India Company (EIC). In 1799 the French Navy captured her, and the Royal Navy recaptured her. She was lost in 1801 in the Red Sea, sailing in support of the British Government's expedition to Egypt.
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