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HOME Museum & Collections Sales Donations Events Contact Us REGIMENTAL HISTORY 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century First World War Second World War Actions & Movements Battle Honours FAMILY HISTORY Resources Further Reading PHOTO GALLERY ENQUIRIES FURTHER READING LINKS		Photo Gallery Troopships - HMT Assistance Photograph of drawing of HMT Assistance in a Terrific Gale on her passage up the English Channel with the 1st Royal Lancaster Regiment on board 11th November, 1891. In the autumn of 1891 the 1st Battalion was ordered to move from Ireland to Aldershot and on 11th November 1891 embarked on HMT Assistance. On the morning of 12th she encountered a terrific gale in the Channel, a gale remembered as one of the worst which ever swept over these islands, and which caused great damage and loss of life, although greatly delayed the ‘Assistance’ reached Portsmouth in safety. Accession number: KO0070/01 HMT Assistance upon arrival in Portsmouth, November 1891. Accession Number: KO0070/03 © Images are copyright, Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. You must seek permission prior to publication to any of our images.