First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
William Denny, Dumbarton. |
Port Glasgow |
26/07/1847 |
Other names |
1857 Pasha of Egypt via P&O. |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
(Loch Lomond Steamboat Co - intended) 1847 Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, London 12/1847 Mehmet Ali, Pasha of Egypt - Transit Authority, Cairo |
Vessel history |
Ordered by Loch Lomond SB Co but not accepted due to draught being too great. 1847 purchased by P&O and presented to the Pasha 1/10/1847 sailed from Greenock for Egypt 25/12/1847 arrived Alexandria via Malta and Candia 1848 in service on River Nile, between Atfeh and Cairo, as part of the 'overland route', linking with P&O's mail steamer service |
Remarks |
1847 transfer to the Pasha of Egypt in contemporary newspapers and P&O History; other sources erroneously give 1857. |
End year |
Fate / Status |
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Unknown |
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