Launch of HMS Meanee 80 guns at Bombay

Wed, 06/19/2024 - 15:54

From Wikimedia Commons. Photo flipped horizontally for better comparison.

Wikipedia refers that the ship (launched 1848) was used from 1870 onwards as a floating hospital in Hong Kong. The ship was broken up in 1906.

Interestingly the hospital ship was not in use for the Royal Navy but for the Army. The Navy used the Seamen's Hospital on land instead.

Date picture taken
11 Nov 1848