| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Hugh Lindsay |
| Namesake | Hugh Primrose Lindsay |
| Owner | East India Company |
| Operator | East India Company |
| Builder | Bombay Dockyard[a] |
| Cost | Rupees 225,000 (hull)[2] |
| Launched | 14 October 1829 |
| Fate | Wrecked 18 August 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 411,[3] or 414[4] (bm) |
| Length | 140 ft 4 in (42.8 m)[2] |
| Beam | 24 ft 10 in (7.6 m)[2] |
| Installed power | 2 × 80HP steam engines[3] built by Henry Maudslay,[2] of Lambeth |
| Propulsion | Paddle steamer |
| Speed | 6 miles[5] |
| Armament | 4 guns[3] |
The H[onourable] C[ompany's] S[hip] Hugh Lindsay was a paddle steamer built in Bombay in 1829 for the naval arm of the British East India Company (EIC) and the first steamship to be built in Bombay. She pioneered the mail route between Suez and Bombay. Hugh Lindsay was lost in the Persian Gulf on 18 August 1865.
- ^ Gibson-Hill (1954), p. 147.
- ^ a b c d Phipps (1840), p. 212.
- ^ a b c Wadia (1986), pp. 269–270.
- ^ Hackman (2001), p. 333.
- ^ Asiatic Journal (1841), p.245.
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