HMS Malabar (left) at the explosion of the USS Missouri.
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Malabar
Ordered7 March 1815
BuilderBombay Dockyard
Laid downApril 1817
Launched28 December 1818
DecommissionedOctober 1848
RenamedHMS Myrtle October 1883
FateSold, July 1905
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeRepulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1715 bm
Length174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 4 in (14.43 m)
Depth of hold20 ft (6.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-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]

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.[2]

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 in Lower Canada.[3]

On 26–27 August 1843, Malabar, under the command of Sir George Sartorius,[4] 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.[4][5][6]

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.[7]

The crew of HMS Malabar watch as USS Missouri explodes and burns in the distance from an accidental fire after completing first trans-Atlantic voyage of a U.S. steam powered ship the day prior, Gibraltar, 26 August 1843

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol.1, p. 189.
  2. ^ "Montagu, William Augustus". Vide Gaz: 1482. 1810.
  3. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16902. London. 3 December 1838. col D-E, p. 7.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Loss of the USS frigate Missouri, at Gibraltar by fire". The Morning Chronicle, London. 11 September 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  6. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Missouri I (Steam Frigate)
  7. ^ 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 (ed.). Warship 2009. London: Conway. pp. 10–21. ISBN 978-1-84486-089-0.
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