HCS Coote

	Capture of Aden on a 1939 stamp marking the centenary
History
East India Company
Operator	East India Company
Launched	1827
Fate	Wrecked in 1845, later sank during attempted salvage
General characteristics
Type	Sloop of war
Tons burthen	420 (bm)
Decks	One
Armament	18 cannons

HCS Coote was a 18-gun sloop-of-war of the Bombay Marine and Indian Navy. She was launched at the Bombay Dockyard in 1827. Though the East India Company (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 sloop HMS Cruizer of the Royal Navy.

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 / 11.23333; 75.76667). 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. 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.

Notes

↑ One source gives the year of loss as 1846. Two sources give the date of loss as 1 December 1855, or simply as 1855.

Citations

1 2 3 4 Wadia (1986), p. 342.
1 2 Phipps (1840), pp. 165 & 169.
↑ Low (1877), p. 18.
1 2 Hackman (2001), p. 328.
↑ 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, W. Laird; et al. (1897–1903). The Royal Navy: A history from the earliest times to the present. Vol. 4. Boston / London: Little, Brown and Co. / S. Low, Marston and Co.
Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (3rd Rev ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
Low, Charles Rathbone (1877). History of the Indian Navy: (1613-1863). R. Bentley and son.
Phipps, John (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.
Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[7] One source gives the year of loss as 1846. Two sources give the date of loss as 1 December 1855, or simply as 1855.

[FOOTNOTEWadia1986342-1] 1 2 3 4 Wadia (1986), p. 342.

[FOOTNOTEPhipps1840165_&_169-2] 1 2 Phipps (1840), pp. 165 & 169.

[FOOTNOTELow187718-3] Low (1877), p. 18.

[FOOTNOTEHackman2001328-4] 1 2 Hackman (2001), p. 328.

[5] Clowes, pg. 277-279

[6] Colledge & Warlow (2006), p.89.

[8] Allen's Indian mail and register of intelligence for British and foreign India: 1846, pp.48 & 75.

[9] Bengal Catholic Herald (3 January 1846), Vol. 10, Issue 1, p.1.

[10] Allen's Indian mail and register of intelligence for British and foreign India: 1846, p.341.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1845
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