CORINGA  , a seaport of

British India, in the district of Godavari and presidency of Madras, on the estuary of a branch of the Godavari river . The harbour is protected from the swell of the sea by the southward projection of Point Godavari, and affords a shelter to vessels during the south-west monsoon; but though formerly the most important on this coast it has been silted up and lost its trade . The repairing and building of small coasting ships is an industry at Tallarevu in the vicinity . In 1787 a gale from the north-east occasioned an inundation which swept away he greater part of Coringa with its inhabitants; and in 1832 another storm desolated the place, carrying vessels into the fields and leaving them aground . Of Europeans the Dutch were the first to establish themselves at Coringa . In 1759 the English took possession of the town, and erected a factory 5 M. to the south of it .