HMS Coromandel
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Four ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Coromandel, after the Coromandel Coast
of India
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was a 56-gun fourth rate, previously the ex-Indiaman Winterton. She was purchased on the stocks in 1795, used as a storeship from 1800, was hulked in 1807 and sold in 1813.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have borne the name HMS Coromandel, after the Coromandel Coast
Coromandel Coast
The Coromandel Coast is the name given to the southeastern coast of the Indian Subcontinent between Cape Comorin and False Divi Point...
of India
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 56-gun fourth rate, previously the ex-Indiaman Winterton. She was purchased on the stocks in 1795, used as a storeship from 1800, was hulked in 1807 and sold in 1813.
- HMS Coromandel was the East Indiaman Cuvera, which the Admiralty bought in 1804 and converted to the 56-gun fourth rateFourth-rateIn the British Royal Navy, a fourth rate was, during the first half of the 18th century, a ship of the line mounting from 46 up to 60 guns. While the number of guns stayed subsequently in the same range up until 1817, after 1756 the ships of 50 guns and below were considered too weak to stand in...
. 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 hulkBritish prison hulksPrison hulks were decommissioned ships that authorities used as floating prisons in the 18th and 19th centuries. They were especially popular in England. The term "prison hulk" is not synonymous with the related term, convict ship...
in Bermuda. was a wooden paddle despatch vessel, previously the civilian Tartar, purchased in 1855. She was sold in 1866 to the Japanese, entering service with them as the Naruto. She was broken up in 1876. was a 4-gun wooden screw frigateFrigateA frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
launched in 1856 and in service until at least 1870.