HMS Bombay Castle (1782)

History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Bombay Castle
Ordered: 14 July 1779
Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard
Laid down: June 1780
Launched: 14 June 1782
Fate: Wrecked, 1796
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Elizabeth-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1628 bm
Length: 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 46 ft (14 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Bombay Castle was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 June 1782 at Blackwall Yard.[1] She grounded on 21 December 1796 n the shoals of the Tagus River's mouth.

Loss

Bombay Castle was under the command of Captain Thomas Sotheby when she entered the Tagus, having taken a pilot on board. In attempting to avoid the storeship Camel, which had grounded ahead of Bombay Castle, Bombay Castle too grounded. During the subsequent week, attempts were made to float her off after boats had removed her guns and stores, but without success. The navy abandoned her as a wreck on 27 December.[2]

Citations and references

Citations'

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 179.
  2. ↑ Hepper (1994), p.82.

References

  • Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3. 
  • 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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