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.2. Register tonnage 679 tons. Tonnage engine room 342 tons. Gross tonnage 1,021 tons. Horsepower 250 hp. Screw. Alleged speed 10 knots Coal. Number of day’s coal that can be stowed in bunkers 15. Alleged consumption per diem tons: 28. Built of iron. Rates per ton per month if discharged at home 1,800l. Number of months for which engaged 6. Day of entrance into pay 11-9-1867 none. Accommodation officers: 6. Remarks 13-5-1868 in Annesley Bay, arrived from Suez, Egypt on 27 March having on board horses, mules etc. Discharged at Bombay on 17 July 1868.
Master S. Jarman. Tonnage 679/1,021 tons. Dimensions 261.6 x 31.3 x 21.1 feet. Built at London, England in January 1862, owners China Mercht S. Nav. Co. and homeport London.
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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