HMS Simoom

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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 as stated in The Weekly Dispatch, 26 January 1851; 'the new steam frigate HMS Simoom, if she be found, on trial, to be fit for similar service, is to be also fitted as a troop steamer, to carry 1,000 men'.

Simoom 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.