HMS Malabar (1818)

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Name: HMS Malabar
Ordered: 7 March 1815
Builder: Bombay Dockyard
Laid down: April 1817
Launched: 28 December 1818
Fate: Sold, 1905
General characteristics
Class and type: Repulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1715 tons (1742.5 tonnes)
Length: 174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 4 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold: 20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Malabar was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 December 1818 at Bombay Dockyard.

She was hulked in 1848, and eventually sold out of the navy in 1905.

[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.