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Saturday, 16 May 2026

British mule transport Coumoundouros hired for the Abyssinian expedition in 1867

According to a letter dated Admiralty, Somerset House 6th September of the Director of Transport Services W.R. Mends to the Under Secretary of State for India was the mule transport Coumoundouros for service in the Mediterranean. Number transport 16. Tonnage 969 tons. Horsepower 150hp. Rate per ton per month. If discharged at home 24s9d and abroad 30s0d. Date of acceptance 4 September. Likely to sail not yet known. Now being prepared for service with the Abyssinian expedition at. Victoria Docks, London, England. Engaged for three months certain. The British Abyssinian Expedition found place between 4 December 1867-13 May 1868 against the Ethiopian Empire or Abyssinia to release the imprisoned missionaries and representatives of the British government.

Source

Accounts and papers: thirty-five volumes. Army. Abyssinian expedition. Session 19 November 1867-31 July 1868. Vol. XLIII., p. 115.

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