HMS Bombay (1808)

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

History
UK
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 and type:	Lengthened Courageux-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1701 (bm)
Length:	172 ft 3 ^1⁄2 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:	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders QD: 2 × 9-pounders, 12 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounders, 2 × 32-pounder carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

On 24 January 1813 Bombay, then under the command of Captain Norman Thompson, detained the Dumpteur des Ondts.[Note 1]

Bombay 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, citations, and references

Notes

1. A first-class share of the prize money was worth £494 4s 8¼d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth £2 7s 8d.[2]

Citations

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.
2. "No. 17044". The London Gazette. 25 July 1815. p. 1522.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.