HMS Bombay Castle (1782)

Bombay Castle
History
Great Britain
Name	Bombay
Namesake	Bombay Castle
Ordered	14 July 1779
Builder	Perry, Blackwall Yard
Laid down	June 1780
Launched	14 June 1782
Renamed	HMS Bombay Castle (17 February 1780)
Fate	Wrecked, 1796
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Elizabeth-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1628,[2] or 162819⁄94 bm
Length	168 ft 6 in (51.4 m) (gundeck); 138 ft 3+1⁄8 in (42.1 m)
Beam	47 ft 1 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

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. She grounded on 21 December 1796 in the shoals of the Tagus River's mouth.