P&ORef: AC-02969-00
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NYANZA (1864) in a squall
In: Ships; Part of our Paintings gallery
Date:
1877
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Description:
NYANZA has the distinction of being the last paddle steamer built for P&O. Launched in Blackwall in 1864, she was employed on the Southampton to Alexandria service before being sold first to the Union Steamship Company and later to the Sultan of Zanzibar.
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NYANZA (1864)
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D Scully
30/01/2019 16:51:54Does this ship have any connection to Fordingbridge Hants? There is a terrace of houses here named Nyanza 1877 Terrace. It is also a place in Africa. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
John
11/01/2023 08:47:56Interestingly, I have asked the same question on the ‘Fordingbridge History in Photos’ Facebook group following finding a census reference to this address. I subsequently found that the S. S. Nyanza sailed from Southampton in 1877.
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