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Former Anglo-American Nile Navigation Company steamer thought to have been built in 1887
Served as hospital barge for wounded allied soldiers in World War 1, sailing on the Suez canal from Quantara to Port Said, slongside sister ship Niagara.
In 2006 she was reported as being used as a houseboat at Rhoda
In May 2011 she was seen at central Cairo
In April 2018 was seen out of the watwer at the shipyard in Minya

BELOW : PHOTOS BY KEVIN HOGGETT TAKEN IN CENTRAL CAIRO IN MAY 2011

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BELOW : PHOTOS BY CONNIE TINDALE TAKEN NEAR CAIRO IN JUNE 2010

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