List of vessels of the Bombay Marine (1798)
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The vessels below were listed in 1798 as serving the Bombay Marine, the naval arm of the British East India Company (EIC).[1] The list of names and armaments comes from the Bombay Almanack and Register for 1798.[2] Most of the vessels, especially the ones for which we have a burthen, were built for the EIC at the Bombay Dockyard.
| Name | Type | Launch | Burthen | Guns | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alert | Schooner | 1795 | 10 × 2-pounder guns | Lost 1798[3] (replaced in 1802 by the captured l'Eugenie, renamed Alert [1]) | |
| Antelope | Brig | 1793 | 199[3] | 12 × 4-pounder guns | Sold after 1830 |
| Bombay | Ship | 1793 | 639,[4] or 67183⁄94,[5] or 693[6] | 24 × 12-pounder + 8 × 6-pounder guns | Sold to the Admiralty in 1805; renamed HMS Ceylon in 1808; broken up 1861 |
| Drake | Ship | 1787 | 14 × 6-pounder guns | ||
| Fly | Brig | 1793 | 176 | 14 × 6-pounder guns | |
| Intrepid | Ship | 1780[7] | 14 × 6-pounder guns | ||
| Panther | Snow | 1778 | 181[8] | 12 × 4-pounder + 2 × 3-pounder guns | |
| Princess Augusta | Snow | 1768[9] | 12 × 3-pounder guns | Originally a grab | |
| Princess Royal | Ketch | 1768[10] | 12 × 3-pounder guns | Originally a grab | |
| Queen | Ketch | 1768[10] | 10 × 3-pounder guns + 4 swivel guns | ||
| Rodney | Ketch | 10 × 4-pounder guns + 10 swivel guns | |||
| Strombolo (or Stromboli) |
Bomb ketch | 1793 | 68 | 12 × 3-pounder guns | Lost 1809 |
| Swift | Ship | 20 × 6-pounder guns | On the beach at Ambonya in 1801, partly broken up and without a crew. Replaced by a purchased vessel that continued the name.[11] | ||
| Viper | Snow | 1755 | 10 × 3-pounder guns + 4 swivel guns | New boat February 1755;[12] launched by Bombay Dockyard for the Bombay Marine as Revenge, but renamed before completion, the name Revenge being wanted for a larger ship.[13] |