An item reported the arrival at Point de Galle, Ceylon on 8 December 1815 of the British HMS Wellesley commanded by J. Bayley coming from Trincomalee.(1)
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1. 3rd Rate, building ordered on 3 September 1812, laid down at the Bombay Dockyard, British Indies in May 1813, launched on 24 February 1815, guard ship 1854, renamed as training ship Cornwall in 1868, sunk during a German air attack 20 September1940, salvaged in 1948, broken up, dimensions 145’11½“ (keel)-175’10 ¾”(over all) x 47’5” z 21 (hold). a 1745 75/94 tons builders measurement and an armament of 74 guns.
