HCS Coote was a 18-gun sloop-of-war of the Bombay Marine and Indian Navy. [3] She was launched at the Bombay Dockyard in 1827.[4] Though the East India Company (EIC) built Coote, her size and armament were equivalent to the retired Cruizer-class brig-sloops. Coote participated in the 1839 Aden Expedition along with HCS Mahi and the frigate HMS Volage and the brig HMS Cruizer of the Royal Navy.[5]
Fate
Coote was lost on 1 December 1845. She had left Bombay on 22 November, and wrecked at Calicut, on the Malabar Coast, on what became known as Coote Reef (11°14′00″N 75°46′00″E / 11.23333°N 75.76667°E).[a] Her officers and crew abandoned her as unsalvageable on 3 December. Her captain, Lieutenant J.S. Grieve, his officers, and crew all survived. All her guns, and a great deal of her stores and ammunition were saved.[7][8] The EIC was able, eventually, to get her off the rocks. The company decided to sell the hull at Calicut rather than attempt to tow it to Bombay. A Calicut resident bought the hull for 10,000 rupees, but as she was being towed on shore where her leaks might be repaired, she sank into mud and appeared a total loss.[9]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c d Wadia (1986), p. 342.
- ^ a b Phipps (1840), pp. 165 & 169.
- ^ Low (1877), p. 18.
- ^ a b Hackman (2001), p. 328.
- ^ Clowes, pg. 277-279
- ^ Colledge & Warlow (2006), p.89.
- ^ Allen’s Indian mail and register of intelligence for British and foreign India: 1846, pp.48 & 75.
- ^ Bengal Catholic Herald (3 January 1846), Vol. 10, Issue 1, p.1.
- ^ Allen’s Indian mail and register of intelligence for British and foreign India: 1846, p.341.
References
- Clowes, W. Laird; et al. (1897–1903). The Royal Navy: A history from the earliest times to the present. Vol. 4. Boston / London: Little, Brown and Co. / S. Low, Marston and Co.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (3rd Rev ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
- Low, Charles Rathbone (1877). History of the Indian Navy: (1613-1863). R. Bentley and son.
- Phipps, John (1840). A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India …: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships … Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.
- Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay.
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