HMS Malabar (1866)

HMS Malabar was a Euphrates-class troopship launched in 1866, and the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to employ the name. She was designed to carry troops between the United Kingdom and British India, and was employed in that role for most of her life. She became the base ship (or depot ship) at the Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda in 1897. She was renamed Terror in 1901 and sold in 1918. Her name was later used as the stone frigate to which shore personnel in Bermuda were enrolled, and later for Her Majesty's Naval Base Bermuda, after the 1950s, when the dockyard was reduced to a base.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Malabar.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Malabar
Ordered1865
BuilderThames Shipbuilding Co., Leamouth, London
Yard number120
Launched8 December 1866
Fate
  • Became the base ship at Bermuda in 1897
  • Renamed HMS Terror on 1 May 1905
  • Sold in January 1918
General characteristics
Class and typeEuphrates-class troopship
TypeTroopship
Displacement6,186 tons
Tons burthen4,189 tons BM
Length360 ft (109.7 m) (overall)
Beam49 ft 0.75 in (15.0 m)
Depth of hold22 ft 4 in (6.81 m)
Installed power
  • As built: 4,893 ihp (3,649 kW)
  • From 1873: unknown
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion (later compound-expansion) trunk engine
  • Single screw
Sail planBarque
Speed15 kn (28 km/h)
ArmamentThree 4-pounder guns
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