The Faid Gihaad, yacht of the Viceroy of Egypt, 1862. '...a paddle-steamer of the most elegant and costly build, her exterior decorations being white and is the largest steamer which ever attempted to come up [the River Thames] to Woolwich. The deck, being a "flush deck", forms an uninterrupted promenade of 383ft., the vessel having been lengthened 69ft. by Messrs. Forrester of quarter-deck is covered with rich floorcloth, and is screened from the sun and rain by a white canvas Egyptian emblem, the crescent, is introduced throughout the embelli
The Faid Gihaad, yacht of the Viceroy of Egypt, 1862. '...a paddle-steamer of the most elegant and costly build, her exterior decorations being white and is the largest steamer which ever attempted to come up [the River Thames] to Woolwich. The deck, being a "flush deck", forms an uninterrupted promenade of 383ft., the vessel having been lengthened 69ft. by Messrs. Forrester of quarter-deck is covered with rich floorcloth, and is screened from the sun and rain by a white canvas Egyptian emblem, the crescent, is introduced throughout the embellishments of the whole of the furniture and arrangements of the ship'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.
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