HMS Imaum

HMS Imaum (sometimes referred to as Imaun) was a 76-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built in Bombay as Liverpool, and launched on 10 November 1826 for the Imaum of Muscat, Said bin Sultan, who presented the ship to the Royal Navy on 9 March 1836.^[1][2]

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Imaum
Builder	Bombay
Launched	10 November 1826
Acquired	9 March 1836, from Imaum of Muscat
Fate	Broken up, 1863
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	76-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1776 bm
Length	177 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam	48 ft 4 in (14.73 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	76 guns of various weights of shot

She was placed on harbour service at Port Royal, Jamaica in 1842, and was broken up in 1863.^[1][3][4]

Imaum's figurehead was preserved in the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada until 2022, but is in the process of being transported to a museum in Dubai. ^[5]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p191.
2. "The Imaum of Muscat". Naval & Military Gazette. No. 164. London. 19 March 1836. p. 11. Retrieved 3 September 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Naval Intelligence". Evening Star. London. 15 August 1842. p. 3. Retrieved 3 September 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "The West Indies". Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette. No. 644. Portsea. 2 August 1862. p. 4. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
5. . Halifax, Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia Museum. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.