On 8th February
1872 the Viceroy of India, Lord Mayo, was
assassinated whilst visiting the Andaman
Islands.
On 29th March HMS
Glasgow* took his body to Suez, where the ship
was met by the Admiralty yacht Enchantress to
take the body on to England.
The Glasgow remained at Suez and on 8
April took on board the new Viceroy, Lord Northbrook. On
her way to Bombay the Glasgow called at Perim and Aden
to give Lord Northbook the opportunity of officially
visiting these two places.
Both Lord Mayo and Lord Northbrook
would subsequently have ships of the Royal Indian Marine
named after them.
* Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named
HMS Glasgow. The fifth Glasgow was a
wooden screw frigate launched at Portsmouth in 1861.
