HMS Howe (1805)

History
Great Britain
Name	Kaikusroo
Builder	Bombay
Launched	1799
Fate	Sold to the Royal Navy in 1805
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Howe
Acquired	1805
Renamed	Dromedary, 1806
Fate	Sold out of service 1864
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Storeship or convict ship
Tons burthen	1045,[2] or 104816⁄94(bm)
Length	150 ft (45.7 m) (overall); 124 ft 3+7⁄8 in (37.9 m) (keel)
Beam	39 ft 9+3⁄4 in (12.1 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 11+3⁄4 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	As storeship Upper deck: 20 × 9-pounder guns QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Howe was originally the teak-built Indian mercantile vessel Kaikusroo that Admiral Edward Pellew bought in 1805 to serve as a 40-gun frigate. In 1806 the Admiralty fitted her out as a 24-gun storeship and renamed her HMS Dromedary. She made numerous trips, including one notable one to Australia when she brought out Lachlan Macquarie and his family to replace William Bligh as governor of New South Wales. Later, she became a prison hulk in Bermuda. Her most recent contribution, however, is as the source of a rich archaeological site.