Ship Cover for the troopships HMS Tamar (1863), HMS Simoom (1849), HMS Orontes (1862), HMS Himalaya (1854) and HMS Urgent [ex-Assaye] (1855). The documentation mainly relates to stability calculations, ships fittings, stores and alterations over time. The periods covered vary from ship to ship, and generally comprise April 1873 to October 1909 for Tamar [including a proposal to fit her with wireless equipment while she was an accommodation ship at Hong Kong], February 1870 for Simoom, February 1873 to July 1885 for Orontes, February 1870 to May 1887 for Urgent and February 1870 to May 1907 for Himalaya [including correspondence regarding her conversion to coal hulk C60].