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| Name | Abyssinia (1870) | Explanation | |
| Type | Breastwork monitor | ||
| Launched | 19 February 1870 | ||
| Hull | Iron | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
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| Displacement | 2900 tons | ||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1903 | ||
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| Ma 8 November 1875 | (By Indo-European Telegraph, viâ Theran.) BOMBAY, Sunday, Nov. 7. 3 45 P.M. ... A considerable military and naval force is to be assembled in Bombay to take part in the reception of the Prince. Two squadrons of the 3d Hussars have arrived from Mhow and two regiments of British infantry, the 2d and the 7th, and a body of Artillery has also been brought into the city. The native troops consist of the Bodyguards of the Viceroy and Governor, the Poona Horse, a regiment of Lancers, and two or three regiments of infantry. An imposing fleet is anchored in the harbour, under the command of Rear-Admiral Macdonald, the Naval Commander-in-Chief in India. Her Majesty’s ships Undaunted, Briton, Daphne, Philomel, and Nimble, of the East Indian squadron, the Narcissus, Newcastle, Raleigh, Doris, Topaze, and Immortalité, of the Flying Squadron, the troopship Euphrates, and the two ironclads Abyssinia and Magdala are all ready to salute the Serapis on her arrival to-morrow.Some days ago there seemed likely to be a difficulty in the matter of salutes. The Naval Regulations direct that no other Standard shall be saluted in the presence of that of the Queen or Prince of Wales, and Admiral Macdonald had some doubts as to whether he could show any mark of honour to the Viceroy on his proceeding on board the Serapis. Reference was made by telegraph to the Admiralty, and it is now said that the Admiral has been instructed to salute the flag of the Viceroy as well as that of the Prince. The Serapis and Osborne are expected to enter the harbour to-morrow afternoon. A Royal salute will be fired by the men-of-war and the batteries on shore, while the merchant vessels in port will be dressed out with flags. At 3 p.m. the Viceroy will go on board, and will be followed alter a few minutes by the Governor of Bombay. After Sir Philip Wodehouse has been presented to the Prince, he will return to shore. At 4 p.m., the Prince, accompanied by the Viceroy and suite, will leave the Serapis in the Royal barge, under a Royal salute from the men-of-war, and will proceed to the Dockyard, where he will be received by the Governor, the Members of Council, the Commander-in-Chief, and other principal officials of the Presidency, and will land under a Royal salute from the battery of artillery. The news of his disembarkation will be immediately telegraphed all over India, and a Royal salute will be fired at every fort and cantonment throughout the country. | ||
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