Several ships have been named after Bombay (now Mumbai):
c. 1700 - Merchant ship of the British East India Company attacked by Kanhoji Angre
Bombay was a 90-foot, 24-gun grab launched in 1739 and burnt by accident in 1789 at Bombay. She was built at the Bombay Dockyard of teak from Malabar for the British East India Company's naval forces. She was the second largest ship in the EIC's Bombay Marine at the time.
1742 - Sloop of the Bengal Pilot Service as a non-combatant vessel
1750 - Grab armed 90-foot (27 m) cruiser of 32 guns
Bombay: frigate launched in 1793 at Bombay Dockyard; of 639 or 693 tons (bm), and 38 or 42 guns. Sold to the Admiralty in 1805, renamed HMS Ceylon in 1808, and broken up in 1861.
Bombay: ship launched in 1801, of 315 77⁄94 tons (bm)
Bombay: East Indiaman launched at Bombay Dockyard in 1808; of 1228 or 1242 tons (bm) and 26 guns. Traded with China and fought at the Malacca Straits in 1810. Sold for a hulk in 1860 and was broken up in Bombay in 1870.
1821 - Gunboat of the British East India Company
1835 - 62-ton (bm) schooner involved in coastal trade
1872-1905 - Light vessel at the outer limits of Bombay Harbour
