A rather opulent-looking troopship HMS Euphrates that was designed to shuttle between United Kingdom and India. Pictured in Valetta here, circa 1870s.

HMS Euphrates was an iron-hulled troopship of the Euphrates class. She was designed for the transport of British troops to India, and launched in the River Mersey on 24 November 1866 by Laird Brothers of Birkenhead. She was the fourth and last Royal Navy ship to bear the name.

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