HMS ''Jumna'' was a ''Euphrates''-class troopship launched at

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on 24 September 1866. She was the third vessel of the

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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

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and the Indian government.

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.

History

Troop-Ships Orontes, Jumna, Malabar, and Euphrates at Bombay, waiting to bring Home Troops from the Afghan War - ILN 1880

She spent most of her active career conveying British troops to and from the

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. In 1870 she transported

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from

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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 . HMS Jumna circa 1884 on operations for the 1st Sudan War 132552

HMS Jumna circa 1884 on operations for the 1st Sudan War 132552

On 25 August 1883, she collided with at Plymouth and ran aground. She shipped back the

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to England from Sudan 29 March to April 1884 In March 1886, she collided with the

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but was not damaged.

Fate

In December 1902 she was still listed as HMS ''Jumna'' as she relieved HMS ''Caledonia'' as training ship for boys at Queensferry, taking the crew from that ship. A chart showing the moorings in the Firth of Forth adjacent to the

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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.National Archives file ADM 137/1647 'Charts from papers: Home Waters, Volume I' She became the coal hulk ''C110'' and was sold as the hulk ''Oceanic'' in July 1922.

Commanding officers

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jumna Troop ships of the Royal Navy Euphrates-class troopships Barques Ships built on the River Tyne Victorian-era naval ships of the United Kingdom Coal hulks 1866 ships Maritime incidents in August 1883 Maritime incidents in March 1886