The expedition carried out by the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire or Abyssinia found place between 4 December 1867-13 May 1868. Purpose was to rescue imprisoned missionaries and government representatives and to punish the Ethiopian Empire. For that purpose was a large military force sent transported with a large number of merchant ships chartered in England and at Bombay.
Number transport B.3. Register tonnage 807 tons. Tonnage engine room 227 tons. Gross tonnage 336 tons. Horsepower 146 hp. Screw. Alled speed 8 knots. Coal. Number of day’s coal that can be stowed in bunkers: 7. Alleged consumption per diem tons: 20. Built of iron. Rates per ton per month if discharged at home 2:8:0. Number of months for which engaged 6. Day of entrance into pay 18-9-1867. Extra payment, if any, made on discharge none. Accommodation for officers 10. Accommodation non-commissioned officers and men 168 Europeans or 195 natives. Horses. Horses in addition to the troups 16. Remarks 13-5-1868 in Annesley Bay, arrived on 8-3-1868 from Aden, Yemen with on board 31 camp followers and 147 mules. Discharged at Bombay on 18 August 1868.
Sources
Trevenen, major J. and captain Henry M. Hozier. Record of the Expedition to Abyssinia compiled by order of the secretary of state for war, vol. I, 1870.
Lloyd’s Register 1868.
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