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} |} HMS ''Howe'' was originally a teak-built Indian mercantile vessel, the ''Kaikusroo'', which Admiral Edward Pellew bought in 1805 to serve as a 40-gun frigate. In 1806 the Admiralty fitted her out as a 24-gun storeship and renamed her HMS ''Dromedary''. She made numerous trips, including one notable one to Australia when she brought out Lachlan Macquarie and his family to replace William Bligh as governor of New South Wales. Later, she became a prison hulk in Bermuda. Her most recent contribution, however, is as the source of a rich archaeological site. ==East India Company service== Built in 1799 in Bombay, ''Kaikusroo'' was a so-called Bombay “country ship”. As such she engaged in trading voyages on the Malabar Coast and to the Malacca Straits.〔Bulley (2000)〕〔Her name is also given as ''Sha(w) Kai Kusseroo'', ''Shah Kai Kusroo'', ''Shaw Kai Kuperoo'', ''Shah Kaikisroo'', or ''Kaikusroo''. Parkinson (1954) gives her name as ''Shah Kaikuseroo''. Bulley (2000) gives her name variously as ''Shaw Kai Kusroo'', ''Kaikusroo'' and ''Shah Kaikusroo''.〕 Between 1801 and 1802 she served under charter from the East India Company to the British Government as a transport ship in the British military expedition from India to Egypt and the Red Sea. Captain Thomas Hardie was appointed Commodore of the fleet of country ships. During the period of the charter her owner was the Parsi shipbuilder Sorabjee Mucherjee. His guarantor was the Bombay merchant, Charles Forbes (as ''Kaikusroo''s agent); her captain was Colin Mackenzie. At the time of her charter, ''Kaikusroo'' was valued at Rupees 275,000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Howe (1805)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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