HMS Bombay (1808)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Bombay.

Career (UK)

Name:	HMS Bombay
Ordered:	23 July 1805
Builder:	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down:	October 1805
Launched:	28 March 1808
Renamed:	HMS Blake, 1819
Fate:	Broken up, 1855
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type:	Lengthened Courageux-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1701 tons (1728.3 tonnes)
Length:	172 ft 3.5 in (52.515 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	47 ft 9 in (14.55 m)
Depth of hold:	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 2 × 9 pdrs, 12 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Bombay was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 March 1808 at Deptford.^[1]

She was renamed HMS Blake in 1819 in honour of Admiral Robert Blake, and was converted to harbour service in 1828. She was broken up in December 1855.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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.