Four ships of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Coromandel'', after the

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: * was a 56-gun

fourth rate In 1603 all English warships with a complement of fewer than 160 men were known as 'small ships'. In 1625/26 to establish pay rates for officers, a six-tier naval ship rating system was introduced.Winfield 2009 These small ships were divided ...

, previously the

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''Winterton''. She was purchased on the stocks in 1795, used as a storeship from 1800, was converted to a convalescent ship in 1807 for Jamaica, and was sold there in 1813. She returned to Britain around 1847 and was wrecked at Yarmouth in 1856.Howard, A.J. "Bert" (2006) ''The Coromandel Files''. - Accessed 24 April 2013. * HMS ''Coromandel'' was the

''Cuvera'', which the Admiralty bought in 1804 and converted to the 56-gun

fourth-rate In 1603 all English warships with a complement of fewer than 160 men were known as 'small ships'. In 1625/26 to establish pay rates for officers, a six-tier naval ship rating system was introduced.Winfield 2009 These small ships were divided ...

. She was rebuilt as a 20-gun storeship in 1806 and 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

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in Bermuda. * was a wooden paddle dispatch vessel of the

. She was built in 1853 for the P&O company as the passenger and cargo steamer ''Tartar''. The Navy purchased her in 1855 and she participated in several battles in Chinese waters, including having been sunk and recovered. The Navy sold her in 1866 and she went through several changes in ownership before she was broken up in 1876. * was a 4-gun wooden screw

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launched in 1856 and in service until at least 1870.

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