HMS Bombay Castle (1782)

HMS Bombay Castle was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 June 1782 at Blackwall Yard.

The British East India Company (EIC) funded the construction of Bombay Castle as a contribution to the war effort.

Bombay Castle was at Plymouth on 20 January 1795 and so shared in the proceeds of the detention of the Dutch naval vessels, East Indiamen, and other merchant vessels that were in port on the outbreak of war between Britain and the Netherlands.

[3] Bombay Castle was under the command of Captain Thomas Sotheby when she entered the Tagus, having taken a pilot on board.

During the subsequent week, attempts were made to float her off after boats had removed her guns and stores, but without success.

HMS Bombay Castle , in two positions, in the Channel off Dover, by Thomas Whitcombe
The wreck at the mouth of the Tagus, Lisbon on 21 December 1796, with the Bugio Lighthouse seen beyond, Thomas Buttersworth
The frigate HMS Minerve heading for the open sea in 1797, the wreckage of the Bombay Castle still clearly visible alongside the lighthouse on the left, Thomas Buttersworth