 A sketch depicting the wreck of the RIMS Warren Hastings, published by the Dundee Courier on 24 March 1897.[1]
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Royal Navy | |
| Name | Warren Hastings |
| Builder | Barrow Shipbuilding Company |
| Launched | 18 April 1893 |
| Completed | 1893 |
| Fate | Hit a rock and was wrecked on 14 January 1897 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Troopship |
| Displacement | 5,000 long tons (5,100 t) |
| Length | 330 ft (100 m) |
| Beam | 49 ft 3 in (15.01 m) |
| Propulsion | Eight boilers and two triple-expansion engines |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Armament | Six quick firing guns, six three pounder guns, and four five barreled guns |
RIMS Warren Hastings was a Royal Indian Marine troopship built by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company. She was launched on 18 April 1893, and claimed to be "practically unsinkable" because of her 33 watertight compartments. However, whilst in service the ship struck a rock and was wrecked off the coast of Réunion on the night of 14 January 1897, while travelling to Mauritius from Cape Town. The wreck resulted in two deaths.
- ^ "The Wreck Of The Warren Hastings At St Philippe". Dundee Courier. No. 13646. 24 March 1897. p. 5 col E. Retrieved 18 August 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.