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HMS Bombay (1808)
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Name: HMS Bombay
Ordered: 23 July 1805
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Laid down: October 1805
Launched: 28 March 1808
Renamed: HMS Blake, 1819
Fate: Broken up, 1855
General characteristics [1]
Class & type: Lengthened Courageux-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1701 Long ton (1728.3 tonnes)
Length: 172 ft 3.5 in (52.515 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 9 in (14.55 m)
Depth of hold: 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 2 × 9 pdrs, 12 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Bombay was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 March 1808 at Deptford.[1]

She was renamed HMS Blake in 1819 in honour of Admiral Robert Blake, and was converted to harbour service in 1828. She was broken up in December 1855.[1]

Notes[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.

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