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p. 14”2: “The first of a fleet of small screw steamers, building for the Imperial Ottoman Government, was launched on the 9th ult., from Mr. John White's shipbuilding-yard at Medina Dock. West Cowes. The vessel was named the Sahir, with the customary formalities, by Miss G. E. Prothero. The Sahir is 119ft. between perpendiculars, 20ft. in breadth, l1 ft. l0in, in depth of hold, and measures 225 tons. O.M. Her engines will have a combined nominal power of 50-horse, and hare been made for her by Messrs. A. Day and Co., of Southampton.”
Source
Artizan Club. The Artizan, volume 26, 1 June 1868.
p. 14”2: “The first of a fleet of small screw steamers, building for the Imperial Ottoman Government, was launched on the 9th ult., from Mr. John White's shipbuilding-yard at Medina Dock. West Cowes. The vessel was named the Sahir, with the customary formalities, by Miss G. E. Prothero. The Sahir is 119ft. between perpendiculars, 20ft. in breadth, l1 ft. l0in, in depth of hold, and measures 225 tons. O.M. Her engines will have a combined nominal power of 50-horse, and hare been made for her by Messrs. A. Day and Co., of Southampton.”
Source
Artizan Club. The Artizan, volume 26, 1 June 1868.
