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Juan Agustin de Irady
Spanish
Naval Sailor
Update
Guipuzcoano (64)
1778-1780
Spanish 64 Gun
Merchant
Ship of the Line
Update
San Rafael (30)
1774-1780
Spanish 30 Gun
Merchant
Frigate
Update
Luis Arburu
Spanish
Naval Sailor
Update
Fermín Urtizberea
Spanish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780
Update
San Carlos (32)
1772-1780
Spanish 32 Gun
Merchant
Frigate
Added
San Ignacio de Loyola (50)
1766-1779
Spanish 50 Gun
Merchant
Ship
Update
San Ignacio de Loyola (20)
1754-1762
Spanish 20 Gun
Merchant
Frigate
Added
Vincente Plo
Spanish
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1795-1798
Update
Neptuno (80)
1795-1805
Spanish 80 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
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Santisima Trinidad (136)
1805-1805
British 136 Gun
1st Rate
Ship of the Line
(1805)
Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad (116)
1769-1805
Spanish 116 Gun
1st Rate
Ship of the Line
(1769)
Drake (14)
1798-1804
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
(1798)
Drake (14)
1798-1804
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
(1798)
Magicienne (32)
1781-1810
British 32 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1781)
L'Africaine (18)
1796-1796
French 18 Gun
Unrated
Unknown
(1796)
Quebec (32)
1781-1816
British 32 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1781)
Diamond (38)
1794-1812
British 38 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1794)
Circe (28)
1785-1803
British 28 Gun
6th Rate
Frigate
(1785)
Alcmene (32)
1794-1809
British 32 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1794)
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Bombay
Also Known as
Mumbai (
1995
-
2016
)
Other Information
Type
:
Port
Location(s)
:
Maharashtra -
India
Nationality
: 1674 - 1818
Maratha Empire
->
1818 - 1947
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Associated Locations
Bombay Dockyard
- Naval Dockyard
Mazagon Dock Yard
- Private Shipyard
Offices associated with Bombay and related locations
Master Shipwright Bombay Dockyard
Events at Bombay
1747/09/02
Anson (28)
1746-1747
British 28 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
taken by
L'Anglesea (52)
1745-1771
French 52 Gun
4th Rate
Frigate (Frégate-Vaisseau de 1er Ordre)
.
EICS
1747/09/02
Anson (28)
1746-1747
British 28 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
taken by
L'Apollon (56)
1740-1758
French 56 Gun
4th Rate
Frigate (Frégate-Vaisseau de 1er Ordre)
.
EICS
1757/12/25
Death of
Robert Frankland
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1745
1777/03/01
Death of
Thomas Anderson
British
Merchant Sailor
Medic
Service 1761
1784/03/22
Launched
Sir Edward Hughes (38)
1784-1804
British 38 Gun
Merchant
Ship
BWAS-1793
1792/07/21
Launched
Carron (38)
1792-1805
British 38 Gun
Merchant
Ship
BWAS-1793
1793
Launched
Bombay (32)
1793-1807
British 32 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
BWAS-1793
1796/06/28
Birth of
John Rivett-Carnac
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1812-1868
1797
Launched
Asia (32)
1797-1805
British 32 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
BWAS-1793
1799
Launched
Shah Kaikisroo (38)
1799-1805
British 38 Gun
Merchant
Ship
BWAS-1793
1799
Launched
Teignmouth (16)
1799-1824
British 16 Gun
Merchant
Sloop
EICS
1800
Launched
Hope (Unknown)
1800-1804
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
Ship
1801
Launched
Marquis Cornwallis (50)
1801-1805
British 50 Gun
Merchant
Unknown
BWAS-1793
1801
Launched
David Scott (Unknown)
1801-1816
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
EICS
1804/05
Launched
Sir Edward Hughes (38)
1804-1863
British 38 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
1807 Renamed "Tortoise"
BWAS-1793
1805
Launched
Duncan (38)
1805-1811
British 38 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
1807 Renamed "Dover"
BWAS-1793
1805
Launched
Sir Francis Drake (32)
1805-1825
British 32 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
BWAS-1793
1805/03
Launched
Cornwallis (50)
1805-1862
British 50 Gun
4th Rate
Frigate
1811 Renamed "Akbar"
BWAS-1793
1805/04
Launched
Bombay (32)
1805-1857
British 32 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
1808 Renamed "Ceylon"
BWAS-1793
1805/04
Launched
Howe (38)
1805-1864
British 38 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
1806 Renamed "Dromedary"
BWAS-1793
1806
Death of
Thomas Galpine
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1801-1806
1808
Birth of
Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia
British
Ship Builder
Service 1808-1877
ODNB
1811
Launched
Charles Grant (Unknown)
1811-1833
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
EICS
1811
Launched
Earl of Balcarras (26)
1811-1833
British 26 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
EICS
1815/02/24
Launched
Wellesley (74)
1815-1940
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
1868 Renamed "Cornwall"
BWAS-1793
1817/02/17
Launched
Melville (74)
1817-1873
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
BWAS-1793
1831
Launched
Dona Maria II (32)
1831-1850
Portugese 32 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
BWAS-1793
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
BWAS-1793
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817
Rif Winfield
,
Book
EICS
East India Company Ships
Andrea Cordani
,
Cy Harrison
,
Web Site
ODNB
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford University Press
,
Web Site
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Wednesday 22nd of July 2026 04:24
F.F.
British First Rate ship of the line 'Santisima Trinidad' (1805) (136)
1805-1805
British 136 Gun
1st Rate
Ship of the Line
Wednesday 22nd of July 2026 01:36
F.F.
Spanish First Rate ship of the line 'Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad' (1769) (116)
1769-1805
Spanish 116 Gun
1st Rate
Ship of the Line
Tuesday 21st of July 2026 16:47
Jon Miller
British sloop 'Drake' (1798) (14)
1798-1804
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
Tuesday 21st of July 2026 16:46
Jon Miller
British sloop 'Drake' (1798) (14)
1798-1804
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
Tuesday 21st of July 2026 16:45
Jon Miller
British Fifth Rate frigate 'Magicienne' (1781) (32)
1781-1810
British 32 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate