HMS Malabar (1866)
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| HMS Malabar | |
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| Name: | HMS Malabar |
| Ordered: | 1865 |
| Builder: | Thames Shipbuilding Co., Leamouth, London[1] |
| Yard number: | 120 |
| Launched: | 8 December 1866[Note 1][2][3] |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Euphrates-class troopship |
| Type: | Troopship |
| Displacement: | 6,186 tons, 4,189 tons BM[1] |
| Length: | 360 ft (109.7 m) (overall) |
| Beam: | 49 ft 0.75 in (15.0 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) |
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| Sail plan: | Barque |
| Speed: | 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Armament: | Three 4-pounder guns |
HMS Malabar was a Euphrates-class troopship launched in 1866, and the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to employ the name. She was designed to carry troops between the United Kingdom and British India, and was employed in that role for most of her life. She became the base ship in Bermuda in 1897, was renamed HMS Terror in 1901 and was sold in 1918. Her name was later used for part of the Royal Dockyard in Bermuda.
Design
Malabar 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.
Career
She was built for the transport of troops between the United Kingdom and the Indian sub-continent, and was operated by the Royal Navy. She carried up to 1,200 troops and family on a passage of approximately 70 days.
In common with her sisters she was re-engined, her single-expansion steam engine being replaced with a Napier 2-cylinder compound-expansion engine in 1873.[1]
In 1878 or early 1879 she grounded in Whitsand Bay near Plymouth. Her Commanding Officer, Captain Percy Luxmoore, was dismissed from the ship and replaced by Captain John Grant.[3]
Fate
She became the base ship at Bermuda in 1897 and was renamed HMS Terror on 1 May 1905; the name Malabar was later used by the Royal Naval dockyard at Bermuda. Terror was sold in January 1918.[1]
Commanding officers
| From | Until | Captain[3] |
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| 22 March 1867 | 13 February 1870 | Captain Frederic Dampier Rich |
| 14 February 1870 | 21 August 1872 | Captain Sholto Douglas |
| 17 October 1872 | 10 September 1864 | Captain Thomas Baker Martin Sulivan |
| 10 September 1874 | 26 October 1874 | Captain Edward Thomas Nott (died in command) |
| 30 October 1874 | Captain Edward Kelly | |
| 27 April 1878 | 8 February 1879 | Captain Percy Patt Luxmoore |
| 8 February 1879 | Captain John Frederick George Grant | |
| August 1887 | Early 1890 | Captain Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe |
Notes
- ↑ Although Winfield has 1865, this is a misprint and should read 1866. Copies of the Errata may be requested from the author.
