HMS Malabar (1818)

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

History

UK
Name:	HMS Malabar
Ordered:	7 March 1815
Builder:	Bombay Dockyard
Laid down:	April 1817
Launched:	28 December 1818
Decommissioned:	October 1848
Renamed:	HMS Myrtle October 1883
Fate:	Sold, July 1905
General characteristics ^[1]
Class & type:	Repulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1715 bm
Length:	174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	47 ft 4 in (14.43 m)
Depth of hold:	20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Malabar was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 December 1818 at Bombay Dockyard.^[1] In 1843, the Malabar assisted in rescuing survivors of the USS Missouri fire while in Gibraltar. She was hulked in October 1848, eventually becoming a coal hulk, and renamed Myrtle in October 1883. The hulk was sold out of the navy in July 1905.^[2]

Notes

1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol.1, p. 189.
↑ Wilson, p. 15

References

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.
Wilson, Bob (2009). "Fuelling the Victorian Navy". In Jordan, John. Warship 2009. London: Conway. pp. 10–21. ISBN 978-1-84486-089-0.

Repulse-class ships of the line

Sceptre Repulse Eagle Magnificent Valiant Elizabeth Cumberland Venerable Talavera Malabar Belleisle

Preceded by: Fame class Followed by: Swiftsure class List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy

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