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SS Nubia (1878)
There have been several vessels named ''Nubia'' or SS ''Nubia'': *, a passenger steamer, built by John Laird Sons & Company in Birkenhead in 1854 for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company *, a cargo ship built as ''City of Mecca'' by Charles Connell & Company in Glasgow in 1871 for the City Line, Greenock. In service as the Admiralty coal hulk ''Nubian'' at Simonstown 1900-04 *, a passenger and cargo steamer built in 1876 by the Mitchell Charles & Co. Ltd. of Newcastle upon Tyne and was operated by the Union Steamship Company *, a cargo ship, built by Harland and Wolff in 1878 for African Steamship Company *, a cargo ship built in 1882 by D. & W. Henderson & Co. Ltd. of Meadowside and operated by Anchor Line Ltd of Glasgow *, a passenger and cargo steamer built by Caird & Company of Greenock in 1894 for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company * ''Nubia'', a small steamer also named ''Nubia'' operated on the Nile The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Steamship Company
The African Steamship Company was a British shipping line in the 19th and early 20th centuries. History The company was founded in 1852 by Macgregor Laird, the younger son of the shipbuilder William Laird, and based in Birkenhead. The main focus of the company at first was trading with the Niger River area and other west African ports, bringing west-African palm oil back to Britain. The monthly mail steamer to the then Gold Coast (now Ghana), appointed by Royal Charter, came with a subsidy of 30,000 pounds sterling per year from the British government, starting from 1852. In 1864 the African Steamship Company was taken over by Fletcher & Parr of Liverpool and, in turn, in 1891 absorbed into Elder Dempster & Co. The company proved sufficiently successful that in 1869 a rival company, the British and African Steam Navigation Company, was founded, but both companies later came to an arrangement on sailing times. The business of the African Steamship company was purchased by Eld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nile Cruise Ships
The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered the longest river in the world, though this has been contested by research suggesting that the Amazon River is slightly longer.Amazon Longer Than Nile River, Scientists Say Of the world's major rivers, the Nile is one of the smallest, as measured by annual flow in cubic metres of water. About long, its covers eleven countries: the |
Nile
The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin language, Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered the List of rivers by length, longest river in the world, though this has been contested by research suggesting that the Amazon River is slightly longer.Amazon Longer Than Nile River, Scientists Say Of the world's major rivers, the Nile is one of the smallest, as measured by annual flow in cubic metres of water. About long, its drainage basin covers eleven countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Erit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
