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HMS Malabar was a 74-gun third-rate Repulse-class ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by the Parsi shipbuilder Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia and launched on 29 December 1818 on the Upper Duncan Dock at Bombay Dockyard.[1]
 HMS Malabar (left) at the explosion of USS Missouri.
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Malabar |
| Ordered | 7 March 1815 |
| Builder | Bombay Dockyard |
| Laid down | April 1817 |
| Launched | 28 December 1818 |
| Decommissioned | October 1848 |
| Renamed | Myrtle October 1883 |
| Fate | Sold, July 1905 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Repulse-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,715 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 |
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Malabar had a length on gun deck of 174 feet and 3.75 inches; a breadth of 143 feet 5 inches, extreme 47 feet 5 inches, depth of hold 19 foot 11 inches and a burthen of 1,715 tons. The builder was Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia and the design was by G. Seaton, architect in Bombay Presidency.[2] Sir W. Montagu was appointed captain on 25 July 1834, fitting for the Mediterranean, where, and off Lisbon, he continued until ordered home at the close of 1837 for the purpose of being paid off.[3]
On 19 October 1838, Malabar ran aground off Prince Edward Island in British North America and was damaged. Two of her crew were lost. She was refloated on 20 October 1838 and towed into Three Rivers (Trois-Rivières) in Lower Canada.[4]
On 26–27 August 1843, Malabar, under the command of Sir George Sartorius,[5] assisted in fighting a fire that destroyed the United States Navy sidewheel frigate USS Missouri at Gibraltar and took aboard about 200 of Missouri's survivors.[5][6][7]
Malabar was hulked in October 1848, eventually becoming a coal hulk, and was renamed Myrtle in October 1883. The hulk was sold out of the navy in July 1905.[8]
Notes
edit- ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, Vol. 1, p. 189.
- ^ Wadia, Ruttonjee Ardeshir (1955). Bombay dockyard and the Wadia master builders. pp. 220–221.
- ^ "Montagu, William Augustus". Vide Gaz: 1482. 1810.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16902. London. 3 December 1838. col D-E, p. 7.
- ^ a b Newton, John Thomas. "Official report of the loss of the United States Steam frigate Missouri". No. 13 October 1843. Richmond Enquirer. p. 4. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ "Loss of the USS frigate Missouri, at Gibraltar by fire". The Morning Chronicle, London. 11 September 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Missouri I (Steam Frigate)
- ^ Wilson, p. 15
References
edit- 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 (ed.). Warship 2009. London: Conway. pp. 10–21. ISBN 978-1-84486-089-0.