Grab (ship)

Bombay grab – a cruiser of the Bombay Marine, unknown artist c. 1780, British Library

A grab was a type of ship common on the Malabar Coast in the 18th and 19th centuries. The name derives from "ghurāb" or "ghorāb", Arabic for raven, which in turn came into Marathi and Konkani as "gurab". The ghurāb was originally a galley, but the type evolved.[1]

The grab combined an indigenous hull form with a pointed prow, with or without a bowsprit, combined with European rigging on two to three masts.[2] A description from 1750 states that the grabs of Angria's fleet narrowed from the middle forward and instead of a bow had the prow of a Mediterranean galley, covered with a strong deck level with the main deck but separated from it by a bulkhead. The grab pitched violently when sailing against a head sea so the prow sides were open to permit water easily to run off. On the main deck under the forecastle there were two 6 or 9-pounder guns pointing forward through port-holes cut in the bulkhead and firing over the prow. The grabs then had 6 or 9-pounder guns on their broadsides.[3]

The vessel was generally of shallow draft, and broad in proportion to its length. Size could range between 150 and as much as 500 tons (bm). The sail plan typically was that of a snow, or a brig.[2]

The Bombay Marine, the British East India Company's navy, had two grabs named Bombay that overlapped in their service dates. The Bombay Dockyard built both.[4]

* Bombay, of 430​80⁄94 tons (bm) and 24 guns, was built in 1739 of teak. She spent much of her career convoying vessels on the coast to protect them from pirates operating from states north and south of Mumbai . A fire on 29 September 1789 destroyed her in Bombay Harbour.[4]
* Bombay, of 363 tons (bm), and 32 guns, was launched in 1750.[4]

The second Bombay at the Attack of Severndroog by Commodore James, 2 April 1755

## See also

* Gallivat
* Ghurab
* Ghali
* Lancaran
* Dhow

## Citations

1. ↑ Yule & Burnell (1903), pp. 299–300.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hardgrave (2001), pp. 80–2.
3. ↑ Gazetteer (1894). pp. 523-4.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hackman (2001), p. 326.

## References

* Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency (1894), Vol. 26, Part 2. (Government Central Press).
* Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
* Hardgrave, Robert L. Jr. (2001). Boats of Bengal: Eighteenth Century Portraits of Balthazar Solvyns. New Delhi: Manohar. ISBN 81-7304-358-2.
* Yule, Henry; Burnell, A.C. (1903). Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive. William Crooke ed.. London: J. Murray. https://archive.org/details/hobsonjobsonglos00yulerich. (Searchable database)

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* Bermuda rig
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* Lug rig
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| Ancient|

* Balangay
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* Bireme
* Trireme
* Quadriremes
* Tessarakonteres
* Dromon
* Junk
* K'un-lun po
* Lepa
* Mtepe
* Uru

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Post-classical|

* Balinger
* Benawa
* Birlinn
* Bomb vessel
* Cog
* Hulk
* Jong
* Knarr
* Koch
* Kondura
* Longship
* Malangbang
* Shitik
* Tongkang
* Zabra

15th c.|

* Carrack
* Chinese treasure ship
* Caravel
* Ghurab
* Lancaran
* Hoy
* Trabaccolo

16th c.|

* Crommesteven
* Galiot
* Galleon
* Galleass
* Ghali
* Flyboat
* Fluyt
* Full-rigged pinnace
* Lorcha
* Man-of-war
* Manchua
* Panokseon
* Patache
* Speronara
* Square-rigged caravel (round or de armada)
* Xebec

17th c.|

* Bermuda sloop
* Corvette
* Frigate
* Galeas
* Koff
* Pink
* Polacca
* Ship of the line

18th c.|

* Bilander
* Chialoup
* Chinaman
* Baltimore Clipper
* East Indiaman
* Gallivat
* Garay
* Grab
* Gundalow
* Lanong
* Padewakang
* Post ship
* 74-gun
* Ship of the line
* Sloop-of-war
* Toop
* Trincadour
* Slave ship
* West Indiaman

19th c.|

* Blackwall frigate
* Clipper
* Down Easter
* Golekan
* Iron-hulled sailing ship
* Warship
* Janggolan
* Lambo
* Leti leti
* Palari
* Tamar
* West Country
* Windjammer

20th c.|

* Montagu whaler

Fishing vessels|

* Bago
* Falkuša
* Felucca
* Herring buss
* Jangada
* Jukung
* Masula
* Mayang
* Patorani
* Nordland
* Sixareen
* Sgoth
* Smack
* Tartane
* Well smack
* Yoal

Recreational vessels|

* Dinghy
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* Sportsboat
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* Wharrams
* Windsurfer
* Yacht

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* Inflatable
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Other types|

* Bristol Channel pilot cutter
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* Scow
* Sneakbox
* Thames sailing barge
* Wherry

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