HMS Bombay (1805)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bombay and HMS Ceylon.

HMS Ceylon taken by Vénus
History
British East India Company
NameBombay
NamesakeBombay
BuilderBombay Dockyard[1]
Launched1793[1]
FateSold to the Royal Navy in 1805
United Kingdom
NameHMS Bombay
AcquiredApril 1805
RenamedHMS Ceylon, 1 July 1808
FateSold on 4 July 1857; broken up 1861
General characteristics [2]
Type38-gun frigate
Tons burthen639,[3] or 67183⁄94, or 693[1] (bm)
Length
  • 135 ft 0 in (41.1 m) (overall);
  • 104 ft 10+1⁄4 in (32.0 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 8+1⁄2 in (10.6 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 8 in (3.6 m)
Complement
  • HMS Bombay:215
  • HMS Ceylon:235
Armament
  • HCS Bombay: 24 × 12-pounder + 8 × 6-pounder guns
  • HMS Bombay
    • Upper deck (UD): 26 × 12-pounder guns
    • QD: 12 × 24-pounder carronades
    • Fc:2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades (later 32-pounders)
  • Later
    • UD: 18 × 32-pounder carronades
    • QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 6 × 32-pounder carronades
    • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns
  • HMS Ceylon
    • UD: 24 × 18-pounder guns
    • QD & Fc: 14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 9-pounder guns

HCS Bombay, later HMS Bombay and HMS Ceylon, was a teak-built fifth rate, 38-gun wooden warship built in the Bombay Dockyard for the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) and launched in 1793. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1805 and renamed her HMS Bombay. She served with the Royal Navy under that name until 1 July 1808, when she became HMS Ceylon. She was sold at Malta in 1857 and broken up in 1861.

  1. ^ a b c Hackman (2001), p. 326.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 213.
  3. ^ Phipps (1840), p. 164.