HMS Jumna (1866)
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.
 HMS Jumna about 1885 | |
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| Name: | HMS Jumna |
| Ordered: | 1865 |
| Builder: | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Hebburn |
| Yard number: | 190 |
| Launched: | 24 September 1866 |
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| Class and type: | Euphrates-class troopship |
| Type: | Troopship |
| Displacement: | 6,211 tons, 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) |
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| Sail plan: | Barque-rigged |
| Speed: | 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Armament: | Three 4-pounder guns |
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 British Admiralty and the Indian government.[2]
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 Indian subcontinent. In 1870 she transported The Connaught Rangers from India back to Britain.
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]
She shipped back the York and Lancaster Regiment to England from Sudan 29 March to April 1884 [4]
Fate
She became the coal hulk C110 in 1893 and was sold as the hulk Oceanic in July 1922.[1][5] A chart showing the moorings in the Firth of Forth adjacent to the Rosyth Naval Base in September 1918 has a mooring marked 'Jumna', and it is possible that this was HMS Jumna, serving as a coal hulk for the fleet.[6]
Commanding officers
| From | Until | Captain[7] |
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| 12 November 1866 | Captain Benjamin Spencer Pickard | |
| 6 June 1870 | Captain Frederick William Richards | |
| 1874 | September 1875 | Captain Hawksworth Fawkes (invalided) |
| 4 October 1875 | 17 October 1877 | Captain John D'Arcy |
| 17 October 1877 | Captain George Parsons | |
| Captain Edmund Church (1881 Census) | ||
| December 1886 | August 1887 | Captain Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe |
References
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6.
- Sir Edward Reed, "The British Navy", Harper's Monthly Magazine (European edition), February 1886
- The Royal Navy at Malta, Volume One: The Victorian Era – 1865–1906, page 51, by Richard Ellis & Lt. Cdr. Ben Warlaw RN – ISBN 0907771432
- "Article based on a Folkstone Advertiser article 8 May 1884 about 65th's history". Wanganui Herald, NZ. 24 July 1884. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. p. 83.
- National Archives file ADM 137/1647 'Charts from papers: Home Waters, Volume I'
- "HMS Jumna at William Loney RN website". Retrieved 23 June 2009.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.