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HMS Calcutta (1795) (1st)
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This the first ship to carry the name HMS Calcutta was a
fourth rate, 54-gun, ship. Originally an East Indiaman (Warley) bought 1795, 157ft long, 41ft wide and of 1,176 tons builders measurement. Armed with 26 x 32pdr, 28 x 18pdr and 2 x 9pdr guns. Used as a 24-gun transport from 1804. Captured by the French off the Isles of Scilly 26-Sep-1805. Destroyed 12-Apr-1809 while in action against British ships.
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