Tod & Macgregor Shiplist

 

Yard No.:

 43

Name:

 SULTAN

Year:

 1847

Description:

 Paddle Steamer, later Screwship²

Webpage:

 P & O

Picture:

 

Tonnage:

 1,090

Length:

 226

Width:

 30

H.P.:

 400

Type:

 Iron. Crosshead engine (8psi), later Direct Trunk & Beam engine (12psi) ²

Customer:

 P. & O.

Fate:

 Scrapped in 1920¹

Points of Note:

  Originally built for the Southampton & Constantinople Route

Date of Launch:

  

Notes:

          Started in the Istanbul service. In 1855 Sultan was altered to screw for the Eastern Station and lengthened in 1855¹ to 226’ with a width of 30’ and a tonnage of 1090.

 

          In 1969 Sultan was sold to other London owners.

[British Passenger Lines of the Five Oceans, Commander C.R. Vernon Gibbs]

¹ [www.clydebuiltships.co.uk]

² [One Hundred Year History of the P. & O., Boyd Cable]

          P & O inherited the name Trafalgar with a ship which had been laid down as the Trafalgar for the City of Dublin Steam Packet Co, but was completed for P & O as the Sultan, as they bought her on the stocks. At first intended to retain the name, but the vessel was launched in 1847 with the name Sultan.


          1855 rebuilt to 1,125 g.t., 808 n.t. by Caird & Co, Greenock and converted from paddle to screw propulsion. 1870 sold to Aspinall, Corner & Co, Japan. Re-sold to Frederick Correy, London. 1871 sold to Union Steam Nav. Co, Shanghai and hulked at Kiukiang. 1873 sold to China Navigation Co, London, 1920 sold to Chinese buyers - no later details known (clydebuiltships believes that she was then scrapped).

[Ted Finch]