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Ref No:MR03472
Record No:MRP/1A/8
Date Period:1758_to_1899
Title:HMS Euphrates
Information:

The troopship HMS Euphrates. This ship carried the 2nd Battalion from Malta to Egypt in August 1882, and from Egypt to India in October 1883.She was commissioned in 1866 and carried troops to and from India for almost 30 years. She was decommissioned in 1894 and scrapped the next year.

Battalion:2nd Battalion
Place:Port Said, Egypt
Further Information:

The troopship HMS Euphrates.  This ship carried the 2nd Battalion from Malta to Egypt in August 1882, and from Egypt to India in October 1883.

She was commissioned in 1866 and carried troops to and from India for almost 30 years.  She was decommissioned in 1894 and scrapped the next year.

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