&sq=&lang=&file=File:Mahratta_pirates_attacking_the_sloop_%27Aurora%27,_of_the_Bombay_Marine,_1812;_beginning_of_the_action.jpg) Aurora (right) in 1816
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| History | |
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| Name | Aurora |
| Owner | British East India Company |
| Operator | Bombay Marine |
| Builder | Bombay Dockyard[1] |
| Launched | 1809 |
| Fate | Last listed 1828 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Sloop |
| Tons burthen | 217[2] or 247[3] (bm) |
| Sail plan | sloop |
| Armament | 14 guns |
HCS Aurora was a sloop-of-war launched in 1809 at Bombay for the Bombay Marine, the naval arm of the British East India Company (EIC). Intended to protect EIC trade routes in the Indian Ocean from piracy, the French captured Aurora in September 1810, only to have the British recapture her in early December of that year. Aurora returned to the service of the Bombay Marine, assisting the British military in various campaigns in the East Indies and the Persian Gulf. The last mention of Aurora in EIC records was 1828, when she was listed on the rolls of the Bombay Marine on 1 January of that year.
- ^ Hackman (2001), p. 325.
- ^ Phipps (1840), p. 165.
- ^ Colledge & Warlow (2006), p. 58.