The vessels below were listed in 1798 as serving the Bombay Marine, the naval arm of the British East India Company (EIC). The list of names and armaments comes from the Bombay Almanack and Register for 1798. 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 (replaced in 1802 by the captured l'Eugenie, renamed Alert ) Antelope Brig 1793 199 12 × 4-pounder guns Sold after 1830 Ship 1793 639, or 671, or 693 24 × 12-pounder + 8 × 6-pounder guns Sold to the Admiralty in 1805; renamed in 1808; broken up 1861 Drake Ship 1787 14 × 6-pounder guns Fly Brig 1793 176 14 × 6-pounder guns Intrepid Ship 1780 14 × 6-pounder guns Panther Snow 1778 181 12 × 4-pounder + 2 × 3-pounder guns Princess Augusta Snow 1768 12 × 3-pounder guns Originally a grab Princess Royal Ketch 1768 12 × 3-pounder guns Originally a grab Queen Ketch 1768 10 × 3-pounder guns + 4 swivel guns Rodney Ketch 10 × 4-pounder guns + 10 swivel guns (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. Viper Snow 1755 10 × 3-pounder guns + 4 swivel guns New boat February 1755; launched by Bombay Dockyard for the Bombay Marine as Revenge, but renamed before completion, the name Revenge being wanted for a larger ship.
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