HMS Bombay (1828)

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Name: HMS Bombay
Ordered: 26 January 1825
Builder: Bombay Dockyard
Laid down: May 1826
Launched: 17 February 1828
Fate: Burnt, 1864
General characteristics
Class and type: Canopus-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2279 tons (2315.6 tonnes)
Length: 193 ft 10 in (59.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 52 ft 4.5 in (15.96 m)
Depth of hold: 22 ft 6 in (6.9 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

84 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 24 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 24 pdrs, 4 × 32 pdr carronades
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Bombay.

HMS Bombay was an 84-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 February 1828 at Bombay Dockyard.

She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1861, and was destroyed by fire in 1864.

[edit] References

  • 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.
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