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 compliment 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 i ...

, previously the

East Indiaman East Indiaman was a general name for any sailing ship operating under charter or licence to any of the East India trading companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries. The term is used to refer to vesse ...

''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 compliment 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 i ...

. 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

prison hulk A prison ship, often more accurately described as a prison hulk, is a current or former seagoing vessel that has been modified to become a place of substantive detention for convicts, prisoners of war or civilian internees. While many natio ...

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

frigate A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...

launched in 1856 and in service until at least 1870.

Citations and references

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