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Sea-flower (4)
1714-1718
British 4 Gun
Merchant
Sloop
Added
Charles Bains
British
Ship Owner
Merchant Sailor
Service 1714-1718
Added
John Scott
British
Merchant Sailor
Service 1798
Update
La Vengeance (20)
1797-1800
French 20 Gun
Privateer
Unknown
Update
Zephyr (8)
1790-1798
British 8 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
Update
Woodcot (Unknown)
1786-1798
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
Update
Raymond (Unknown)
1782-1798
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman (EIC Regular Ship)
Update
Cassandra (26)
1720-1723
Pirate 26 Gun
6th Rate
Ship
Update
Cassandra (26)
1719-1720
British 26 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
Added
Richard Lazenby
British
Naval Sailor
Pirate
Service 1719-1723
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Recent Comments
Devastation (6)
1841-1866
British 6 Gun
Unrated
Steam Sloop
(1841)
Zephyr (8)
1790-1798
British 8 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1790)
Pembroke (60)
1733-1749
British 60 Gun
4th Rate
Ship of the Line
(1733)
Mercury (20)
1745-1753
British 20 Gun
6th Rate
Ship
(1745)
Seahorse (24)
1748-1784
British 24 Gun
6th Rate
Frigate
(1748)
Charles Powlett
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1749
Namur (74)
1746-1749
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1746)
Namur (74)
1746-1749
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1746)
Shark (8)
1732-1755
British 8 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
(1732)
Zephyr (8)
1790-1798
British 8 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1790)
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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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