History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Cornwallis |
Namesake | Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis |
Owner | British East India Company (EIC) |
Operator | Bengal Pilot Service |
Builder | Bombay Dockyard[1][2] |
Launched | 1787 |
Captured | 10, or 19 December 1796[1] |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 170[3][1] (bm) |
Sail plan | Snow, or brig,[1] or sloop |
Armament | 14 guns |
Cornwallis was a snow that the Honourable East India Company (EIC) had built in 1787 at Bombay Dockyard for the Bengal Pilot Service. A French privateer captured her in 1796.