HMS Malabar
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Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Malabar, after Malabar, a region of India
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was a 54-gun Fourth Rate, previously the East Indiaman Royal Charlotte. She was purchased in 1795 and foundered under tow in 1796. was a 56-gun Fourth Rate, previously the East Indiaman Cuvera. She was purchased in 1804 and rebuilt as a 20-gun storeship in 1806. She was renamed HMS Coromandel in 1815. She transported convicts to Australia in 1819. From 1828 to 1853, when she was broken up, she served as a prison hulk in Bermuda. was a 20-gun sloop
in Indian service in 1810. was a 74-gun Third Rate launched in 1818. She was used as a coal hulk from 1848 and was renamed HMS Myrtle in 1883. She was sold in 1905. was an iron screw troopship
launched in 1866. She became a base ship in 1897 and was renamed HMS Terror in 1901. She was placed on the sale list in 1914 and was sold in 1918. was a shore establishment in Bermuda between 1919 and 1951, and 1965 and 1995.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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was a 54-gun Fourth Rate, previously the East Indiaman Royal Charlotte. She was purchased in 1795 and foundered under tow in 1796. was a 56-gun Fourth Rate, previously the East Indiaman Cuvera. She was purchased in 1804 and rebuilt as a 20-gun storeship in 1806. She was renamed HMS Coromandel in 1815. She transported convicts to Australia in 1819. From 1828 to 1853, when she was broken up, she served as a prison hulk in Bermuda. was a 20-gun sloop
Sloop-of-war
In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
in Indian service in 1810. was a 74-gun Third Rate launched in 1818. She was used as a coal hulk from 1848 and was renamed HMS Myrtle in 1883. She was sold in 1905. was an iron screw troopship
Troopship
A troopship is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime...
launched in 1866. She became a base ship in 1897 and was renamed HMS Terror in 1901. She was placed on the sale list in 1914 and was sold in 1918. was a shore establishment in Bermuda between 1919 and 1951, and 1965 and 1995.