Troopships

HMS Orontes

Class Iron Screw Troopship

Built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead, 1862

Fate In 1893 she was sold and broken up along the River Thames.

Notes On 11 November 1871 she left Quebec, bringing the city's last imperial garrison back to Britain as Canada began to take on responsibility for its own defence. In 1879 she brought the body of Louis Napoléon, the French Prince Imperial, killed earlier that year in the Zulu War, back to Britain. Image Courtesy of Norman Faulkner

Troopships | Ships

Class	Iron Screw Troopship
Built	by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead, 1862
Fate	In 1893 she was sold and broken up along the River Thames.
Notes	On 11 November 1871 she left Quebec, bringing the city's last imperial garrison back to Britain as Canada began to take on responsibility for its own defence. In 1879 she brought the body of Louis Napoléon, the French Prince Imperial, killed earlier that year in the Zulu War, back to Britain. Image Courtesy of Norman Faulkner