HCS Intrepid (1780)

History
Great Britain
NameHCS Intrepid
OwnerBritish East India Company
BuilderBombay Dockyard[1]
Launched1780[1]
FateFoundered without a trace circa 1802
General characteristics
Tons burthen(bm)
Complement40 Europeans and about 40 sepoys and lascars (1800)
Armament
  • 1780: 16 guns[1]
  • 1800:10 × 6-pounder guns

The H[onourable] C[ompany's] S[hip] Intrepid was launched in 1780 by the Bombay Dockyard. She was a snow belonging to the British East India Company's naval arm, the Bombay Marine. She participated in the seizure of Malacca on 17 August 1795 and in an inconclusive single-ship action with a French privateer off Muscat on 22 November 1800. She foundered without a trace in late 1800 or early 1801.

  1. ^ a b c Wadia (1986), p. 333.