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HMS Simoom was an iron hulled (350 horse power steam engine) screw Frigate. Simoom was named after a hot, dry desert sandstorm and launched on the 24th of May 1849. She was converted to a troopship in 1852 and served at the Crimea from 1854 to 1855, at Pei Ho fort in 1859 and at Ashantee from 1873 to 1874. She was sold in 1887.

An Admiral Class model is currently being built for a client whose forefathers travelled and immigrated to Canada on the Simoom.