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Ship's name
Posted: 25 Jun 2011 20:36
by KSS
Can anyone decipher this, please? The ship was en route to India in 1892.
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Ship's name
Posted: 25 Jun 2011 20:37
by KSS
Sorry, I should have said that I've got the HMS bit.
Ship's name
Posted: 25 Jun 2011 20:38
by KSS
And it's 1892 not 1992.I'm not doing very well tonight.
Ship's name
Posted: 25 Jun 2011 20:42
by Jane
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.
Ship's name
Posted: 25 Jun 2011 20:49
by nsw
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
Ship's name
Posted: 26 Jun 2011 19:12
by KSS
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.
Ship's name
Posted: 26 Jun 2011 19:17
by KSS
Jane - that's an interesting link, and a nice picture to add to my records.