HMS calcuttaCalcutta, 1831-1908
The calcuttaCalcutta was a second-rate Royal Navy wooden sailing ship of 84 guns.1 calcuttaCalcutta was involved in the second Anglo-Chinese or Opium War as the flagship of Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour.2
It was built at Bombay [Mumbai] Dockyard and was 60 m long by 16 m wide.3
  • 1. Peter Davis, HMS Calcutta, William Loney RN—Ships.
  • 2. Ibid.
  • 3. J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy (Devon: David & Charles: Newton Abbot, 1969), 1:100.
Mentions of this vessel in the documents
The Colonial Despatches Team. HMS Calcutta, 1831-1908. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/calcutta.html.

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