The H[onourable] C[ompany's] S[hip] Pluto was built in 1822 for the British East India Company (EIC) as a steam dredge for Calcutta.

William Brunton, of the Eagle Foundry at Birmingham, had built a steam engine and boiler designed for a river boat.

From early 1825 she towed boats, provided some fire support with her carronades, and on occasion her European crew joined landing parties.

[3] After the war the British East India Company sold Pluto and she became a coal hulk (minus her engines) for Alexander & Co.[2] She sank in a gale in May 1830.

In this account, the government chartered her for two years at a rate of 10,000 dollars a month for general service and the transport of troops.