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Tuesday 21 May 2013

Engines of British troop transport HMS Euphrates again replaced according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1891-1892 no. 2

An item reported that the British Admiralty decided to replace the vertical compound steam engines of the HMS transport Euphrates (1) by triple expansion engines. This was the second time that her engines were replace/ originally she was fitted out with horizontal steam engines.

Note
1. A iron built screw steam troopship launched at the shipyard of Laird on 24 November 1866 and finally sold at Portsmouth on 23 November 1894.