Bombay (ship)
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Several ships have been named after Bombay (now Mumbai):
Bombay c. 1700 – Merchant ship of the British East India Company attacked by Kanhoji Angre
HCS Bombay was a 90-foot (27 m), 24-gun grab launched in 1739 and burnt by accident in 1789 at Bombay. She was built at the Bombay Dockyard of teak from Malabar for the British East India Company's naval forces. She was the second largest ship in the EIC's Bombay Marine at the time.
Bombay 1742 – Sloop of the Bengal Pilot Service as a non-combatant vessel
Bombay 1750 – Grab armed 90-foot (27 m) cruiser of 32 guns
Bombay: frigate launched in 1793 at Bombay Dockyard; of 639 or 693 tons (bm), and 38 or 42 guns. Sold to the Admiralty in 1805, renamed HMS Ceylon in 1808, and broken up in 1861.
Bombay (1801 ship) was launched at Daman/Demaun. Her early career is obscure. From 1821 on she assumed Calcutta registry. Between 1832 and 1840 she made three voyages from London as a whaler.
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