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HMS Himalaya (1854)
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HMS Himalaya was built for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company as SS Himalaya, a 3,438 gross register ton iron steam screw passenger ship. She was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1854 for use as a troopship until 1894 and was then moored in the Hamoaze, Devonport to serve as a Navy coal hulk until 1920, when sold off. She was sunk during a German air attack on Portland Harbour in 1940.
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![]() HMS Himalaya carrying Armstrong Guns to the Second Opium War, 1860, from the Illustrated London News | |
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Name | Himalaya |
Namesake | The Himalayas |
Owner | Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, London |
Route | Southampton – Alexandria |
Builder | C. J. Mare & Co., Leamouth, London |
Laid down | November 1851[1] |
Launched | 24 May 1853[1] |
Completed | 9 January 1854 |
Out of service | 14 July 1854 sold to British Government |
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Name | HMS Himalaya |
Acquired | 14 July 1854 |
Out of service | Sold 28 September 1920 |
Renamed | C60 in December 1895 |
Reclassified | Coal hulk, December 1895 |
Fate | Sunk by Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers of the German Luftwaffe 12 June 1940 |
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Tonnage | 3,438 GRT, 2,327 NRT |
Displacement | 4,690 tons |
Length | 339 ft (103 m)[2] |
Beam | 46 ft (14 m)[2] |
Propulsion | Single expansion steam, single screw |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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Capacity | 3000 troops[3] |
Complement | 213 crew[3] |
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