HMS Bombay Castle (1782)

	Bombay Castle
History
Great Britain
Name	Bombay
Namesake	Bombay Castle
Ordered	14 July 1779
Builder	Perry, Blackwall Yard
Laid down	June 1780
Launched	14 June 1782
Renamed	HMS Bombay Castle (17 February 1780)
Fate	Wrecked, 1796
General characteristics
Class and type	Elizabeth-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1628, 162819⁄94 bm
Length	168 ft 6 in (51.4 m) (gundeck); 138 ft 3+1⁄8 in (42.1 m)
Beam	47 ft 1 in (14.4 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, in two positions, in the Channel off Dover, by Thomas Whitcombe

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. She grounded on 21 December 1796 in the shoals of the Tagus River's mouth.

Origins[]

The British East India Company (EIC) funded the construction of Bombay Castle as a contribution to the war effort.^[1]^[2] Similarly, the EIC also paid for the construction of HMS Carnatic and HMS Ganges.

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.^[3]

Citations and references[]

Citations

^ ^a ^b Winfield (2008), pp.55-56.
^ ^a ^b Hackman (2001), p.225.
^ Hepper (1994), p.82.

References

Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.

External links[]

Media related to HMS Bombay Castle (ship, 1782) at Wikimedia Commons

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[Winfield-1] Winfield (2008), pp.55-56.

[Hackman-2] Hackman (2001), p.225.

[3] Hepper (1994), p.82.

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v t Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1796
Shipwrecks	26 Jan: Dutton 29 Jan: Astrée 26 Mar: Ponsborne 11 Apr: HMS Ça Ira 26 May: Lord Hawkesbury May: Greyhound 10 Jun: HMS Arab 16 Jun: Hercules 13 Jul: Middlesex 15 Jul: HMS Trompeuse 22 Aug: Andromaque 27 Aug: HMS Undaunted 22 Sep: HMS Amphion 3 Oct: HMS Narcissus 11 Oct: HMS Malabar 16 Dec: Séduisant 18 Dec: HMS Courageux 24 Dec: HMS Cormorant 29 Dec: Impatiente 30 Dec: Scévola Dec: HMS Bombay Castle Unk Neptune Unk Old Dick Unk Othello Unk Parnassus
Other incidents	28 Jan: HMS Hindostan Feb: HMS Canada
1795 1797

History
Bombay Castle
Great Britain
Name	Bombay
Namesake	Bombay Castle
Ordered	14 July 1779
Builder	Perry, Blackwall Yard
Laid down	June 1780
Launched	14 June 1782
Renamed	HMS Bombay Castle (17 February 1780)
Fate	Wrecked, 1796
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	Elizabeth-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1628,^[2] 162819⁄94 bm
Length	168 ft 6 in (51.4 m) (gundeck); 138 ft 3+1⁄8 in (42.1 m)
Beam	47 ft 1 in (14.4 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