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H.M.S. Himalaya among icebergs in the South Pacific, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by 'Lieut. H. Stratton Bates, of the 65th Regiment, lately the native interpreter to her Majesty's Forces in New Zealand, who was in command of a detachment of invalid soldiers sent home on board the Himalaya, which arrived at Portsmouth on the 16th March. She fell in with a number of icebergs, of a larger size than are usually met with in the South Pacific Ocean; and it appears from this sketch that they beset the steam-ship in a really formidable way; in fact, the home voyage of the Himalaya was much delayed by this adventure, which is quite worthy of an illustration in our pages'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. H.M.S. Himalaya among icebergs in the South Pacific, 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)