Nile’s forgotten steamers

In this article, I try to highlight the forgotten steamers of the Nile. Several old articles or Thomas Cook and Son’s advertises spotlights on steamers, not any more existing or barely can be recognized from there wreckage.

In the early days of the Nile steamers names such as Ramses, Ramses the great, Nicotris, Tawfik, Prince Abbas and Prince Mohammed Ali was the main pillars of Thomas Cook and Son’s main concept and the jewels of the first class tourism in the 19th and 20th century.

Fostat steamer abundant in a dock near Kom Ombo temple.

 

 

Thomas Cook and Son’s Nile flotilla poster in London

 

 

 

 

S/S Karim (part 2)

S/S Karim able to host 32 passengers and owning a private library including a collection of books dating back to 1849 on board for the passenger’s leisure. 

Still powered by its original 1917 steam engine

Still powered by its original 1917 steam engine and stern quarter wheel paddles, the S/S Karim today combines the comfort of the modern era with the grandeur of the bygone past.

The boat is decorated in a colonial period style with many subtle reminders of her distinguished past.

S/S Karim

This historic vessel Karim built 1917 and was originally used by King Fouad I of Egypt and then by his son King Farouk.

After the Egyptian revolution 1952, the S/S Karim was used by the state and hosted President Gamal Abd El Nasser and later on President Anwar Al Sadat and his wife Gihan.

S/S Karim