HMS Malabar (1866)

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HMS Malabar was a Royal Navy troopship commissioned for the Indian Government and launched in 1866.

She was operated by the Royal Navy to transport up to 1,200 troops and family from Portsmouth to Bombay. This usually took 70 days.

She was disposed of in 1894.

Malabar was one of five sister ships, the others being HMS Crocodile, HMS Jumna, HMS Serapis, and HMS Euphrates.

She weighed 6,211 gross tonnes, with a single screw, a speed of 15 knots, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), 3 guns, and a white painted hull. Her bow was a "ram bow" and projected under water.