HMS Malabar

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Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Malabar, after Malabar, a region of India:

  • HMS Malabar was a 54-gun fourth rate, previously the East Indiaman Royal Charlotte. She was purchased in 1795 and foundered under tow in 1796.
  • HMS Malabar was a 56-gun fourth rate, previously the merchant Cuvera. She was purchased in 1804 and rebuilt as a 20-gun storeship in 1805. She was renamed HMS Coromandel in 1815, was used as a convict ship from 1827 and was broken up by 1853.
  • HMS Malabar was a 20-gun sloop in service in 1810.
  • HMS Malabar was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1818. She was used as a coal hulk from 1848 and was renamed HMS Myrtle in 1883. She was sold in 1905.
  • HMS Malabar was an iron screw troopship launched in 1866. She became a base ship in 1897 and was renamed HMS Terror in 1901. She was placed on the sale list in 1914 and was sold in 1918.
  • HMS Malabar was a shore establishment in Bermuda between 1919 and 1951, and 1965 and 1995.
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