HMS Orontes (1862)

HMS Orontes off Hong Kong (Chinese School, 19th century)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Orontes
Namesake	"Ol' Ste"
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Launched	22 November 1862, Birkenhead
Commissioned	March 1863
Fate	Sold 1893
General characteristics
Type	Troopship
Displacement	4,857 (later 5,600) tons
Length	300 ft (as built)
Beam	44½ ft
Armament	Three 4-pounder guns

HMS Orontes was a 19th-century troopship of the Royal Navy, intended for carrying troops to southern Africa and the West Indies (rather than to India like the Euphrates class of troopships such as Serapis).