Warships and others of the Bombay Marine.

This may be of interest to DB.

I just happened on this after a year of searching the web and only getting HEIC merchant ships.



Ships Built in Bombay 1736 to 1816.

Those built for Royal Service have the letters H.M.S. after them; those for the Hon. Company, whether Naval or Mercantile Service, H.C.S.; the remainder being either private merchant ships or uncertain. All the earlier vessels, described in the list as 'grabs' were built, we believe, for the Bombay Marine. Three ships of the name of 'Bombay' appear in the list, of which the last, launched in 1793, was the thirty-eight-gun frigate which, in 1805, was handed over to the Royal Navy, with the 'Cornwallis', fifty-six guns, the ships being re-named respectively the 'Ceylon' and 'Akbar'. The List has no pretention to absolute accuracy.

• Explanation of some of the ship types.

Ships Built in Bombay 1736 to 1863
Year	Name	Description	Guns	Tons	For whom Built
1736	Drake	Grab	14	-	H.C.S.
1736	Success	Ketch	14	-	H.C.S.
1737	Prince Augustus	Grab	14	-	H.C.S.
1738	Resource	Grab	14	-	H.C.S.
1739	Bombay	Grab	24	-	H.C.S.
1740	Success	Galley	-	-	H.C.S.
1741	Defence	Ketch	14	-	H.C.S.
1747	Shaw Pedro	Grab	-	-	-
1749	Nesbit	Ship	-	-	-
1750	Bombay	Frigate	32	-	H.C.S.
1750	Mary	Ship	-	-	-
1751	Indian Queen	Ship	-	-	-
1752	Penny	Ship	-	-	-
1754	Revenge	Frigate	28	-	H.C.S.
1754	Eagle	Snow	16	-	H.C.S.
1754	Euphrates	Ship	-	-	-
1754	Success	Ketch	14	-	H.C.S.
1764	Restoration	Ship	24	-	H.C.S.
1764	Wallace	Ship	-	-	-
1768	Princess Royal	Grab	14	-	H.C.S.
1768	Queen	Grab	14	-	H.C.S.
1768	Princess Augusta	Grab	14	-	H.C.S.
1768	Hunter	Ship	14	-	H.C.S.
1769	Griffith	Ship	-	-	-
1769	Alexander	Ship	-	-	-
1770	Sky	Cutter	-	-	-
1770	Swallow	Ketch	14	-	H.C.S.
1770	Phoenix	Ketch	14	-	H.C.S.
1770	Syren	Ship	-	-	-
1770	Wolfe	Galivat	6	-	H.C.S.
1772	Britannia	Ship	-	-	-
1772	Louisa	Ship	-	-	-
1774	Royal Charlotte	Ship	-	-	-
1774	Nancy	Ship	-	-	-
1775	Betsy	Snow	14	-	H.C.S.
1775	Byramgore	Ship	-	-	-
1776	Industry	Schooner	-	140	-
1776	Nerbudda	Schooner	-	-	-
1777	Swallow	Packet	14	200	H.C.S.
1777	Brazil	Snow	14	-	H.C.S.
1778	Amphitrate	Snow	14	-	H.C.S.
1778	Bencoolen	Snow	14	-	H.C.S.
1778	Panther	Snow	14	181	H.C.S.
1778	Britannia	Ship	-	747	-
1778	Sea Horse	Pilot Vessel	-	188	H.C.S.
1778	Mermaid	Pilot Vessel	-	-	H.C.S.
1780	Hermanis	Ship	-	-	-
1780	Defence	Luggage Boat	-	189	-
1780	Intrepid	Snow	14	-	H.C.S.
1780	Hornby	Ship	14	-	-
1786	Milford	Ship	-	655	-
1787	Cornwallis	Snow	14	-	H.C.S.
1787	Johanna	Snow	-	-	-
1787	Jay	Snow	-	70	-
1787	Shaw Ardaseer	Ship	-	868	-
1788	Cyrene	Ship	-	-	-
1789	Tazbux	Ship	-	-	-
1789	Shaw Municher		-	-	-
1789	King George		-	-	-
1789	Bomanean		-	-	-
1789	Hannah	Ship	-	-	-
1790	Lowjee Family	Ship	-	926	-
1792	Sarah	Ship	-	935	-
1792	Born	Ship	-	-	-
1793	Stromboli	Bomb-Ketch		68	H.C.S
1793	Bombay	Frigate	38	639	H.C.S
1793	Antelope	Brig	14	199	H.C.S
1793	Fly	Brig	12	176	H.C.S
1793	Upton Castle	Ship		675	-
1794	Hooghly	Pilot Vessel		150	H.C.S
1794	Abercromby	Pilot Vessel		147	H.C.S
1795	Alert	Brig	8	85	H.C.S
1797	Asia	Ship		736	-
1798	Comet	Brig	10	115	H.C.S
1798	Philip Dundas	Brig		187	-
1798	Scaleby Castle	Ship		1216	H.C.S
1799	Teignmouth	Sloop-of-War	16	257	H.C.S
1799	Mornington	Sloop-of-War	22	350	H.C.S
1799	Kaikusroo	Ship	-	1045	-
1799	Seringapatam	Ship	-	336	-
1800	Cornwallis	Frigate	36	1363	H.C.S
1800	William	Ship	-	393	-
1801	Yacht for Governor	-	-	-	H.C.S
1801	Ternate	Sloop-of-War	16	257	H.C.S
1801	Water Boat	-	-	67	-
1801	David Scott	Ship	-	749	-
1802	Tazbux	-	-	737	-
1803	Pack-Horse	Luggage Boat	-	161	-
1803	Alexander	Ship	-	746	-
1803	Charlotte	Ship	-	672	-
1803	James Sibbald	Ship	-	-	-
1803	Cambrian	Ship	-	705	-
1803	Estombole	Ship	-	441	-
1804	Admiral Rainier	Luggage Boat	-	102	-
1805	Prince of Wales	Sloop-of-War	14	248	H.C.S
1805	Pitt	Frigate	36	872	H.M.S
1806	Mercury	Sloop-of-War	14	185	H.C.S
1806	Nautilus	Brig	14	185	H.C.S
1806	Sylph	Schooner	8	78	H.C.S
1807	Benares	Sloop-of-War	14	230	H.C.S
1807	Salsette	Frigate	36	885	H.M.S
1807	Bombay	Ship	-	1126	H.C.S
1808	Thomas Grenville	Ship	-	889	H.C.S
1809	Charles Grant	Ship	-	1246	H.C.S
1809	Aurora	Sloop-of-War	14	247	H.C.S
1809	Vestal	Brig	10	159	H.C.S
1809	Ariel	Brig	10	160	H.C.S
1810	Psyche	Brig	10	180	H.C.S
1810	Thetis	Brig	10	185	H.C.S
1810	Minden	Ship	74	1681	H.M.S
1810	Balcarras	Ship	-	1406	H.C.S
1811	Minerva	Ship	-	985	-
1811	Abercrombie	Ship	-	1288	H.C.S
1811	Hannah	Ship	-	457	-
1812	Ann	-	-	788	-
1812	Herefordshire	-	-	1279	H.C.S
1813	Buffalo	Luggage Boat	-	59	-
1813	Nerbudda	Grab	-	-	-
1813	Taptee	Brig	-	-	-
1813	Ernaad	Timber Ship	-	557	H.C.S
1813	Cornwallis	-	74	1767	H.M.S
1813	Eliza	Pilot Vessel	-	189	H.C.S
1813	Cecilia	Pilot Vessel	-	191	H.C.S
1814	Thames	Bomb-ketch	-	102	H.C.S
1814	Victor	Brig	18	384	H.M.S
1814	Caroline	Frigate	36	575	Imaum of Muscat
1814	Flora	Bengal Pilot Vessel	-	186	H.C.S
1814	Guide	Bengal Pilot Vessel	-	189	H.C.S
1814	Sophia	Bengal Pilot Vessel	-	189	H.C.S
1815	Torch	Light Vessel	-	174	H.C.S
1815	Wellesley	Ship	74	1745	H.M.S
1815	Zebra	Brig	18	385	H.M.S
1815	Sphynx	Brig	12	239	H.M.S
1816	Water Boat	-	-	-	-
1816	Planet	Light Vessel	-	174	H.C.S
1816	Cameleon	Brig	12	239	H.M.S
1816	Amphitrite	Frigate	33	1064	H.M.S

It's a start, enough to at least look for some patterns in. HEIC's more your bag than mine but it might be useful for trying to sort out some sculpt candidates.

This might be more to David Manley's expertise... but with warships being built for the RN in Bombay yards, how much fit would the Admiralty have been expected to throw if HEIC were to reuse the draughts provided to build Crown vessels for additional copies for their own use? One can see a certain "deterring factor" if the various kinds of freebooter have trouble telling a fat payday of an EIM from a more-trouble-than-worth SOL...