HMS Jumna (1866)
 HMS Jumna about 1885
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Jumna |
| Ordered | 1865 |
| Builder | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Hebburn |
| Yard number | 190 |
| Launched | 24 September 1866 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Euphrates-class troopship |
| Type | Troopship |
| Displacement | 6,211 tons |
| Tons burthen | 4,173 tons BM |
| Length | 360 ft (109.7 m) (overall) |
| Beam | 49 ft 1.5 in (15.0 m) |
| Depth of hold | 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
| Speed | 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Armament | Three 4-pounder guns |
HMS Jumna was a Euphrates-class troopship launched at Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company at Hebburn on 24 September 1866. She was the third vessel of the Royal Navy to carry the name.
Design
Jumna was one of five iron-hulled vessels of the Euphrates class. All five were built to a design of 360 ft overall length by about 49 ft breadth, although Malabar was very slightly smaller than the rest of the class. They had a single screw, a speed of 14 knots, one funnel, a barque-rig sail plan, three 4-pounder guns, and a white painted hull. Her bow was a "ram bow" which projected forward below the waterline.
She was commissioned jointly by the
Identification
The Euphrates-class troopships could each be identified by a different coloured hull band. The Jumna's hull band was red. The blue hull band of her sister Euphrates became the standard for all HM Troopships.[3]
History
She spent most of her active career conveying British troops to and from the
In 1873 her Maudslay, Sons and Field 3-cylinder single-expansion steam engine was modified at Portsmouth by the replacement of one low-pressure cylinder with a smaller, high-pressure one, giving her a more efficient compound-expansion engine, albeit with less power and a new top speed of 13 knots (24 km/h).[1]
On 25 August 1883, she collided with HMS Minotaur at Plymouth and ran aground.[4] She shipped back the York and Lancaster Regiment to England from Sudan 29 March to April 1884 [5] In March 1886, she collided with the German steamship Hesperia in the Suez Canal but was not damaged.[6]
Fate
In December 1902 she was still listed as HMS Jumna as she relieved
She became the coal hulk C110 and was sold as the hulk Oceanic in July 1922.[1][9]
Citations
- ^ OCLC 52620555.
- ^ Sir Edward Reed, "The British Navy", Harper's Monthly Magazine (European edition), February 1886
- ISBN 0907771432
- ^ "Naval And Military Intelligence". The Times. No. 30909. London. 27 August 1883. col A, p. 5.
- ^ "Article based on a Folkestone Advertiser article 8 May 1884 about 65th's history". Wanganui Herald, NZ. 24 July 1884. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31719. London. 29 March 1886. col F, p. 7.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36942. London. 4 December 1902. p. 9.
- ^ National Archives file ADM 137/1647 'Charts from papers: Home Waters, Volume I'
- ^ Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. p. 83.
References
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
External links
Media related to HMS Jumna (ship, 1866) at Wikimedia Commons
