HMS Jumna

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HMS Jumna, about 1885
HMS Jumna, about 1885

HMS Jumna was a British troopship, one of five built about 1865 (the others being HMS Crocodile, HMS Serapis, HMS Euphrates and HMS Malabar).

It was commissioned jointly by the British Admiralty and the Indian government.[1] In 1870 it transported The Connaught Rangers from India back to Britain.

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  1. ^ Sir Edward Reed, "The British Navy", Harper's Monthly Magazine (European edition), February 1886