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Capture of Aden on a 1939 stamp marking the centenary
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History | |
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East India Company | |
Operator | East India Company |
Launched | 1827 [1] |
Fate | Wrecked in 1845, later sank during attempted salvage |
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Type | Sloop of war |
Tons burthen | 420 [2] [1] ( bm) |
Decks | One |
Armament | 18 cannon [2] [1] |
HCS Coote was a sloop-of-war that served the British East India Company (EIC) during the 19th century. [3] The Bombay Dockyard launched Coote in 1827. [4] 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. [5]
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). [a] 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. [7] [8] 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. [9]
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