HMS Bombay (1828)

HMS Bombay was an 84-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 February 1828 at Bombay Dockyard.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bombay.

The Bombay on fire, 1864
History
UK
Name: HMS Bombay
Ordered: 26 January 1825
Builder: Bombay Dockyard
Laid down: May 1826
Launched: 17 February 1828
Fate: Burnt 14 December 1864
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Canopus-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2279 bm
Length: 193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 52 ft 4.5 in (15.964 m)
Depth of hold: 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Propulsion: Sails, since 1861 sails + steam engine
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 84 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders, 2 × 68-pounder carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 24-pounders
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 24-pounders, 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 24-pounders, 4 × 32-pounder carronades

She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1861.

On 8 December 1864, members of the crew fielded a rugby side to play against the Buenos Aires Cricket Club in their first official rugby game and opening of the BACC's new game field in Parque Tres de Febrero in Palermo, Buenos Aires, located where the Galileo Galilei planetarium is today. That day the BACC defeated the Bombay team by 85 runs to 31.[2]

The ship would be destroyed in a fire on the River Plate, in a freak target practice accident. Her efficient ventilation system spread the fire of unknown origin during the target practice off Uruguay near Isla de Flores near Montevideo in the River Plate on 14 December 1864, destroying her and costing the lives of 93 of her crew of 619.[3][4]

HMS Bombay on fire

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 190.
  2. ""Historia del Club" at BACRC official website". Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  3. Gossett (1986), p.117.
  4. Davis, P. "Loss of Her Majesty's ship Bombay". William Loney RN - Life and Career. Retrieved 30 September 2018.

References
  • Gossett, William Patrick (1986). The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. Mansell. ISBN 0-7201-1816-6.
  • 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.
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