An Organized Escape From the Warren Hastings (1897)

The following was reported in the South Wales Echo on the 16th of March, 1897: “The Secretary of State for War on Monday promulgated a special army order, making known to the army the substance of a report received from the general officer commanding at the Mauritius recording the remarkable courage and exemplary discipline displayed by the troops under most trying circumstances on board the Royal Indian Marine Troopship Warren Hastings when that ship, steaming full speed, struck the rocks…”    Ship Name: Warren Hastings  Year Built: 1893 Tonnage: 4,500 Ship Type: Steel-Hulled Twin-Screw Steam Ship  Nationality: British  Year Wrecked: 1897 Location Wrecked: Near Saint Phillipe Reunion Island  Reason For Wreck: Navigational Error Lives Lost: 2  Sources:  https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3270241/3270242/10/Warren%20Hastings%20Shipwreck https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3268976/3268978/16/Warren%20Hastings%20Shipwreck https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/259627261?searchTerm=warren%20hastings%20shipwreck https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/258488813 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216690856?searchTerm=warren%20hastings%20shipwreck https://newspaperarchive.com/roma-western-star-and-roma-advertiser-mar-27-1897-p-4/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-warren-hastings-shipwreck/45961355/ https://books.google.com/books?id=eXIEXptEGeUC&pg=PA36&dq=Barrow+1893+Warren+hastings+ship&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjA5IORpuOEAxUthYkEHT0KBiAQ6AF6BAgGEAI#v=onepage&q=Barrow%201893%20Warren%20hastings%20ship&f=false https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4604731/4604735/105/Warren%20Hastings%20Shipwreck https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216691781?searchTerm=warren%20hastings%20shipwreck https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4604526/4604528/13/Warren%20Hastings%20Shipwreck https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3018915/3018918/39/Warren%20Hastings%20Shipwreck https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3370713/3370720/132/Warren%20Hastings%20Shipwreck