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Euphrates Class Troopships: Euphrates Class Troopship, HMS Serapis, HMS Malabar, HMS Euphrates, HMS Crocodile, HMS Jumna

Euphrates Class Troopships: Euphrates Class Troopship, HMS Serapis, HMS Malabar, HMS Euphrates, HMS Crocodile, HMS Jumna


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Chapters: Euphrates Class Troopship, Hms Serapis, Hms Malabar, Hms Euphrates, Hms Crocodile, Hms Jumna. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Euphrates class was a five-ship class of iron screw troopships built for the Royal Navy during the 1860s. They were used for carrying troops to India, with two of them being later hulked and surviving into the early 20th Century. The Crimean War and Indian Mutiny in the 1850s both required that large numbers of troops be moved across the globe at short notice. Although for both these conflicts commercial shipping companies were able to fulfil all the immediate requirements, it became apparent that there were severe handicaps to the system; in particular the availability of commercial shipping for trooping could not be guaranteed. It was decided to set up a regular service of Government transports and the Navy was ordered to build five specially-designed troopships. With the Suez Canal due to be opened in 1869, the class was designed within the constraints of the new waterway. Designed to carry an entire battalion of infantry, the result was a magnificent barque-rigged steamer of considerable size; with a top speed of 15 knots, and able to take the direct route via the Suez Canal, they were able to reduce the length of the voyage significantly, but perhaps more importantly, the uncertainty in the time needed to make the journey round the Cape of Good Hope was also reduced. The five ships were ordered from various British shipbuilders, with Malabar being built to a slightly different and smaller design. They were lightly armed with three 4-pounder guns, and were initially fitted with a single-expansion trunk engine (except Serapis) and single screw, producing 700 nhp. However the engines were refitted on al...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2230447


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158628087
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 34
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 64 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1158628080
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Euphrates Class Troopship, HMS Serapis, HMS Malabar, HMS Euphrates, HMS Crocodile, HMS Jumna
  • Width: 229 mm


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