admiralty-designed

Updated: June 28, 2025

The three Admiralty-designed twin-screw steamers, "Sheikh" "Sultan" and "Melik," were not as fast as had been expected; they could not tow any reasonably big load, and, though they were stuffed with many novelties, few of the innovations were of the least practical value.

Bennet Burleigh - Khartoum Campaign, 1898: or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan