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KSS · Post by **KSS** » 25 Jun 2011 20:36

Can anyone decipher this, please? The ship was en route to India in 1892.

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KSS · Post by **KSS** » 25 Jun 2011 20:37

Sorry, I should have said that I've got the HMS bit.

KSS · Post by **KSS** » 25 Jun 2011 20:38

And it's 1892 not 1992.I'm not doing very well tonight.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 25 Jun 2011 20:42

Possibly HMS Serapis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Serapis_%281866%29

She was a troop ship at that time going back and forth to India and according to the article was in the Indian squadron in 1892.

Post by **nsw** » 25 Jun 2011 20:49

Jane has just beaten me to it - yes HMS Serapis

Funnily enough my gt-grandfather travelled on this ship with the army from India to England in Oct 1892.

Do you mind me asking what the document is that you're looking at?

Nick

KSS · Post by **KSS** » 26 Jun 2011 19:12

Thanks both. Another mystery solved.

I'm looking at the Army record of a great uncle who was posted to India in March 1892 as a drummer boy in the 2nd Yorkshire Regiment. This is the ship on which he travelled.

KSS · Post by **KSS** » 26 Jun 2011 19:17

Jane - that's an interesting link, and a nice picture to add to my records.

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