HMS Serapis (1866)
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Name: HMS Serapis
Type: Troopship ; Armament 3
Completed : 26 Sep 1866
Disposal date or year : 1894
BM: 4173 tons ; Displacement: 6211 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 4030 hpi 700 hp
Notes from Navy List and papers of the day:
- 2 Oct 1876 Commissioned at Portsmouth
- 3 Jan 1880 Embarking the 30th Regiment from Dover, and a number of officers from various regiments.
- 7 Jan 1880 HMS Serapis, Captain Twiss, had completed the embarkation of troops at Portsmouth and sailed for Bombay today.
- 17 Jan 1880 Arrived Malta
- 18 Jan 1880 Departed Malta for Port Said etc.
- 22 Jan 1880 Arrived Port Said
- 26 Jan 1880 Reported departure from Suez for Bombay on Saturday.
- 4 Feb 1880 Arrived Bombay
- 18 Feb 1880 Departed Bombay for Portsmouth
- Apr 1886 Indian training squadron
- 1890 Portsmouth