HMS Coromandel (1795)

HMS Coromandel was a 56-gun fourth rate of the Royal Navy, previously the East Indiaman Winterton. She was purchased on the stocks in 1795, used as a troopship from 1796, was converted to a convalescent ship in 1807 for Jamaica, and was sold there in 1813.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Coromandel.

Approaching Dover, by Thomas Whitcombe
History
East India Company
NameWinterton
BuilderPerry & Co., Blackwall Yard
Launched9 May 1795
FateSold to the Royal Navy in 1795
Great Britain
NameHMS Coromandel
Acquired1795 by purchase
CommissionedJune 1795
FateSold 1813 for breaking up
General characteristics
Class and typeFourth rate in Royal Navy service
Tons burthen1290, or 133441⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 169 ft 0 in (51.51 m) (overall)
  • 139 ft 3+3⁄8 in (42.453 m) (keel)
Beam42 ft 5+1⁄4 in (12.935 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 2 in (5.23 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement
  • 4th Rate: 324
  • Transport:100
Armament
  • 4th Rate:
    • Lower deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
    • Upper deck: 28 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Transport: 24 × 18 & 9-pounder guns
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