HCS Coote (1827)
 Capture of Aden on a 1939 stamp marking the centenary
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| Operator | East India Company |
| Laid down | 1827 |
| Fate | Wrecked in 1845, later sank during attempted salvage |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Sloop of war |
| Tons burthen | 420[1] (bm) |
| Decks | One |
| Armament | 18 cannon[1] |
HCS Coote was a sloop-of-war that served the British East India Company (EIC) during the 19th century.[2][3] The Bombay Dockyard launched Coote in 1827.[4][5] Though the EIC built Coote, her size and armament were equivalent to the retired Cruizer-class brig-sloops.
Coote participated in the 1839 Aden Expedition along with HCS Mahi and the frigate HMS Volage and the brig HMS Cruizer of the British Royal Navy.[6]
Fate
Coote was lost on 1 December 1845. She had left Bombay on 22 November, and wrecked at Calicut, on the Malabar Coast, on what became known as Coote Reef (11°14′00″N 75°46′00″E / 11.23333°N 75.76667°E).[Note 1] Her officers and crew abandoned her as unsalvageable on 3 December. Her captain, Lieutenant J.S. Grieve, his officers, and crew all survived. All her guns, and a great deal of her stores and ammunition were saved.[8][9] The EIC was able, eventually, to get her off the rocks. The company decided to sell the hull at Calicut rather than attempt to tow it to Bombay. A Calicut resident bought the hull for 10,000 rupees, but as she was being towed on shore where her leaks might be repaired, she sank into mud and appeared a total loss.[10]
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b Phipps (1840), pp.165 & 169.
- ^ Low, Charles Rathbone (1877-01-01). History of the Indian Navy: (1613-1863). R. Bentley and son. p. 118.
HMS Coote sloop.
- ^ "Ships of the Bombay Marine and Indian Navy - FIBIwiki". wiki.fibis.org. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
- ^ a b Hackman (2001), p.328.
- ^ History of the Indian Navy 1613-1863" by Charles Rathbone Low. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1877
- ^ Clowes, pg. 277-279
- ^ Colledge & Warlow (2006), p.89.
- ^ Allen's Indian mail and register of intelligence for British and foreign India: 1846, pp.48 & 75.
- ^ Bengal Catholic Herald (3 January 1846), Vol. 10, Issue 1, p.1.
- ^ Allen's Indian mail and register of intelligence for British and foreign India: 1846, p.341.
References
- Clowes, William (1901). The Royal Navy: A history from the earliest times to the present Volume VI. London, England: William Clowes & Sons
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0-905617-96-7
- Phipps, John, (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta), (1840) A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time .... (Scott).
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