HMS Bombay (1805)

	Ceylon (right) at the action of 18 September 1810
History
British East India Company
Name	Bombay
Namesake	Bombay
Builder	Bombay Dockyard
Launched	1793
Fate	Sold to the Royal Navy in 1805
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bombay
Acquired	April 1805
Renamed	HMS Ceylon, 1 July 1808
Fate	Sold on 4 July 1857; broken up 1861
General characteristics
Type	38-gun frigate
Tons burthen	639, or 67183⁄94, or 693 (bm)
Length	135 ft 0 in (41.1 m) (overall);; 104 ft 10+1⁄4 in (32.0 m) (keel);
Beam	34 ft 8+1⁄2 in (10.6 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 8 in (3.6 m)
Complement	HMS Bombay:215; HMS Ceylon:235;
Armament	HCS Bombay: 24 × 12-pounder + 8 × 6-pounder guns; HMS Bombay; Upper deck (UD): 26 × 12-pounder guns; QD: 12 × 24-pounder carronades; Fc:2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades (later 32-pounders); Later; UD: 18 × 32-pounder carronades; QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 6 × 32-pounder carronades; Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns; HMS Ceylon; UD: 24 × 18-pounder guns; QD & Fc: 14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 9-pounder guns;

HMS Bombay was a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was originally the Bombay Marine frigate HCS Bombay, launched at the Bombay Dockyard in 1793. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1805 and renamed her HMS Bombay. She served with the Royal Navy under that name until 1 July 1808, when she became HMS Ceylon. Ceylon was briefly captured by the French Imperial Navy at the action of 18 September 1810 but was recaptured by the British in the same engagement. She was sold at Malta in 1857 and broken up in 1861.