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'BOULAC'

Built by:Money Wigram & Son's, at Blackwall.
Yard No.
Launched:17th June 1850
Tonnage:196 93/94
Length:169 8/10 feet
Breadth:21 . 2 feet
Depth:7 5/10
Machinery:Sgl. Cyl.
Decks:One deck with two masts.
Built of:Iron
Type:Paddle steamer - Schooner Rig.
Registered:Cert granted 13th June 1850 - 19th June 1850/182 London.
Cert granted 16th April 1851 - 25th April 1851/120 London.
Off Number:No Number issued.
Built for:Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, on behalf of the Pasha's Government; presumed handed over on arrival in Egypt.
Other info:Had a Bird figure head.
Crew - 20 men.
History:Nile River service.
27th June 1851. Registery closed, 'Vessel sold to a foreign Government'.



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