HMS Imaum explained

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]

She was placed on harbour service at Port Royal, Jamaica in 1842, and was broken up in 1863.^{[2] [3]}

Imaums 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. ^[4]

References

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

Notes and References

1. News: The Imaum of Muscat . 3 September 2022 . Naval & Military Gazette . 164 . 19 March 1836 . London . 11. British Newspaper Archive.
2. News: Naval Intelligence . 3 September 2022 . Evening Star . 15 August 1842 . London . 3. British Newspaper Archive.
3. News: The West Indies . 3 September 2022 . Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette . 644 . 2 August 1862 . Portsea . 4.
4. Web site: Imaum Figurehead . Nova Scotia Museum . 3 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220903160730/https://museum.novascotia.ca/collections-research/made-used-found/gallery/objects/imaum-figurehead . 3 September 2022 . Halifax, Nova Scotia.