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were used to ferry men to the mainland from 6:20 am, starting with the sick. Calm sea helped the evacuation and all troops, bar a working party kept aboard, were off by 11:30 am. The remaining men worked to rescue the troops' baggage until 1:30 pm when it was judged that the ship was
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had a 2-cylinder compound steam engine and was propelled by a single screw up to 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). She measured 99.06 metres (325.0 ft) in length and 10.97 metres (36.0 ft) in beam. The
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on the morning of 3 April. At around 4:30 am she ran aground on a reef between the island and the mainland. The situation was quickly seen to be serious and the
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had set off in a boat for Simon's Town to raise the alarm. He reported to the senior Royal Navy officer there at 10:30 pm and
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located 4.8 kilometres (3 mi) off the
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on 23 March. She had also suffered no casualties and had been rescued by HMS
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Operations Connected with the Zulu War of 1879
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was the second maritime incident to affect the second invasion; the
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arrived the following day to embark the troops for the front.
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had to return to Simon's Town before carrying the men to
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2-cylinder compound steam engine driving a single screw
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with the process almost complete by 1:30 pm when
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Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879
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had suffered heavy casualties in the 22 January 1879
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to reinforce the unit ahead of a second invasion of
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371:was dispatched to the scene. The
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664:. London: Viking. p. 317.
624:Rothwell, Captain J.S. (1989).
588:Rothwell, Captain J.S. (1989).
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440:One of the draft, Lieutenant
303:Temperleys, Carter and Drake
189:99.06 metres (325.0 ft)
152:Temperleys, Carter and Drake
264:Charles Connell and Company
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98:Charles Connell and Company
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317:The 1st battalion of the
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89:Smith George and Company
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173:General characteristics
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442:Jahleel Brenton Carey
319:24th Regiment of Foot
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521:"SS Clyde"
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127:Sold 1878
108:Laid down
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644:8980321M
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