HMS Malabar

HMS Malabar

Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Malabar", after Malabar, a region of India:

*HMS|Malabar|1795|6 was a 54-gun fourth rate, previously the East Indiaman "Royal Charlotte". She was purchased in 1795 and foundered under tow in 1796.
*HMS|Malabar|1804|6 was a 56-gun fourth rate, previously the merchant "Cuvera". She was purchased in 1804 and rebuilt as a 20-gun storeship in 1805. She was renamed HMS "Coromandel" in 1815, was used as a convict ship from 1827 and was broken up by 1853.
*HMS|Malabar|1810|6 was a 20-gun sloop in service in 1810.
*HMS|Malabar|1818|6 was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1818. She was used as a coal hulk from 1848 and was renamed HMS "Myrtle" in 1883. She was sold in 1905.
*HMS|Malabar|1866|6 was an iron screw troopship launched in 1866. She became a base ship in 1897 and was renamed HMS "Terror" in 1901. She was placed on the sale list in 1914 and was sold in 1918.
*HMS|Malabar|shore establishment|6 was a shore establishment in Bermuda between 1919 and 1951, and 1965 and 1995.


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