HMS Cornwallis (1805)
HMS Cornwallis was a Royal Navy 54-gun fourth rate. Jemsatjee Bomanjee built the Marquis Cornwallis of teak for the Honourable East India Company (EIC) between 1800 and 1801. In March 1805 Admiral Sir Edward Pellew purchased her from the Company shortly after she returned from a voyage to Britain. She served in the Far East, sailing to Australia and the Pacific Coast of South America before returning to India. In February 1811 the Admiralty renamed her HMS Akbar. She captured forts and vessels in the Celebes and Amboyna, and participated in the invasion of Isle de France, and the 1811 invasion of Java. She also served in the West Indies before being laid up at Portsmouth in December 1816. She then stayed in Britain in a number of stationary medical and training capacities until the Admiral
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HMS Cornwallis (1805)
HMS Cornwallis was a Royal Navy 54-gun fourth rate. Jemsatjee Bomanjee built the Marquis Cornwallis of teak for the Honourable East India Company (EIC) between 1800 and 1801. In March 1805 Admiral Sir Edward Pellew purchased her from the Company shortly after she returned from a voyage to Britain. She served in the Far East, sailing to Australia and the Pacific Coast of South America before returning to India. In February 1811 the Admiralty renamed her HMS Akbar. She captured forts and vessels in the Celebes and Amboyna, and participated in the invasion of Isle de France, and the 1811 invasion of Java. She also served in the West Indies before being laid up at Portsmouth in December 1816. She then stayed in Britain in a number of stationary medical and training capacities until the Admiral
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HMS Cornwallis was a Royal Nav ...... miralty sold her in the 1860s.
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1806-08-13
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Sold 1869 for breaking up
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*Frigate
*Upper deck : 30 x 24 ...... ronades
*Fc:2 x 9-pounder guns
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M/Shipwright Jemsetjee Bomanjee, Bombay
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British East India Company
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United Kingdom
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Sold 1805
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Sold 1869 for breaking up
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Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Java"
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HMS Cornwallis
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Marquis Cornwallis
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British East India Company
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*Storeship in February 1813
*F ...... 852
*Quarantine vessel c. 1858
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HMS Akbar in February 1811
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HMS Cornwallis was a Royal Nav ...... g capacities until the Admiral
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HMS Cornwallis
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Marquis Cornwallis
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