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.1. Register tonnage 487 tons. Tonnage engine room 163 42/100 tons. Gross tonnage 650 42/100 tons. Horsepower 120 hp. Screw. Alled speed 9.5 knots Coal. Number of day’s coal that can be stowed in bunkers 14. Alleged consumption per diem tons: 18. Built of iron. Rates per ton per month if discharged at home 2:16:0. Number of months for which engaged 6. Day of entrance into pay 1-9-1867. Extra payment, if any, made on discharge none. Accommodation for officers:10. Accommodation non-commissioned officers and men 234 natives. Remarks 13-5-1868 in Annesley Bay, arrived on 3 March from Suez, Egypt with mails, having also on board 1 officer, 4 horses and 750 tons of water pipes, barley etc. Discharged at Bombay on 22 August 1868.
Master W. Deacon. Tonnage 650 tons. Dimensions 200.0 x 28.0 x 16.2 feet. Built at Glasgow, Scotland in July 1863, owners British India, S.N.C. Lim. and homeport Glasgow.
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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