HMS Malabar (1818)
Malabar (left) at the explosion of USS Missouri | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Malabar |
| Ordered | 7 March 1815 |
| Builder | Bombay Dockyard |
| Laid down | April 1817 |
| Launched | 28 December 1818 |
| Commissioned | 16 October 1832 |
| Decommissioned | Late 1844 |
| Renamed | Myrtle, October 1883 |
| Reclassified | As a coal hulk, October 1848 |
| Fate | Sold, 17 July 1905 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Repulse-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,715 15⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 174 ft 3 in (53.1 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 48 ft 2 in (14.7 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft 11 in (6.1 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 590 |
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HMS Malabar was a 74-gun third-rate Repulse-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1810s. She was not commissioned until 1832 and served with the Mediterranean Fleet and the North America and West Indies Station. The ship ran aground in 1838, but was quickly refloated. Her crew assisted with the fire that destroyed the American paddle frigate USS Missouri in 1843 and rescued many of the ship's survivors. Malabar was converted into a coal hulk in 1838 and was renamed Myrtle in 1883. The ship was sold out of the service in 1905.