Himalaya, 1854
Type: Iron Troopship ;
Launched : 24 May 1853 ; Disposal date or year : Jun 1940
Disposal Details : Sunk in Portland Harbour during air raid.
BM: 3453 tons ; Displacement: 4490 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 2609 hpi 700 hp ; Speed ; 12.8 under Steam, 16.5 with sails assistance knots ;
Notes:

12 Feb 1856 Left Malta

17 Feb 1856 Left Gibraltar

25 Feb 1856 arrived Spithead from the Mediterranean with 70 Naval invalids

25 Feb 1856 departed for Southampton

8 Oct 1859 salvage services rendered to the Norma.

1860 Particular Service - Store ship

1 July 1861 Devonport. Commissioned.

1864 Troop Ship. Irregular or particular service. Medical report : VD and number of Cases of Disease and Injury.

1870 Particular Service.

31 Dec 1870 departed Bermuda.

12 Jan 1871 arrived and departed Queenstown.

13 Jan 1871 arrived Plymouth Sound.

31 Jan 1871 departed from Devonport for Gravesend, Portsmouth and Queenstown, where she will embark troops for Gibraltar and Malta.

6 Feb 1871 arrived Portsmouth to coal and embark elements of the 28th and 74th regiments.

8 Feb 1871 departed for Queenstown.

18 Feb 1871 called at Gibraltar.

23 Feb 1871 arrived Malta.

14 Mar 1871 arrived Spithead from Malta and Gibraltar and came into harbour before nightfall.

15 Mar 1871 disembarked her passengers.

1 Apr 1871 departed Portsmouth for Devonport and the West Indies.

2-3 Apr 1871 called at Plymouth Sound with the ships' companies of the Vestal and Cameleon, along with relief companies for the Danae, Plover and Niobe, on the West Indies and Pacific stations.

17 Jan 1874 at Cape Coast Castle during the Ashanti War.

22 Oct 1874 Commissioned at Devonport.

1879 Particular Service.

7 Dec 1882 Commissioned at Devonport.

Apr 1886 Torpedo Service.

6 Apr 1886 Gibraltar. Himalaya left for Malta and Alexandria today.

1890 Troop Ship.

1895 Converted for use as a Coal hulk.

1920 Sold to civilian contractor.

Jun 1940 Sunk during an air attack on Portland Harbour.