Egyptian Adventure - Special Ships

List of ships available as **Special Offer** during **Egyptian Adventure** event in 2019 (May 28th - Jul 9th).

## Djedefre I

Djedefre solar ship was found near the pyramid complex of Djedefre in Abu Rawash. The ship is dated to c. 2575 BC and is currently preserved in Louvre, Paris.

## Neferefre I

The five Neferefre solar ships were found at the funerary temple of Neferefre in Abu Sir. They are dated to c. 2445 BC.

## Hor-Aha I

The 14 Hor-Aha solar ships were found between the Shunet ez-Zabib and the Western Mastaba in Abydos. They were built for the king Hor-Aha in c. 2775 BC.

## Ibrahim I

Ibrahim was a steam frigate built for the Egyptian Navy in La Seyne, France, launched in 1868. The ship was taken over by the Ottoman Navy when Egypt was controlled by the Ottoman Empire at the time, but after the British takeover in 1882, Ibrahim was among the first ships in the Egyptian Navy.

## Anubis I

Anubis was a steel screw steamer used to transport passengers and cargo launched in 1890. She was built in Glasgow and then registered in Liverpool to work Moss Steamship Company's Liverpool - Eastern Mediterranean service. Anubis collided with Favorian and got heavily damaged in 1895. In 1897, Anubis sank on its way to Alexandria off Bardsley Island in Wales.

## Khedive Ismail I

SS Khedive Ismail, originally SS Aconcagua, was a turbine steamship built in 1922 as an ocean liner. She was owned by the Chilean Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores until 1932, then by the Scottish William Hamilton & Co until 1935, the Egyptian company KML until 1940. In 1940, SS Khedive Ismail was converted into a troopship and was sold to the British Ministry of War Transport.

## SS Manganese I

SS Manganese was a 964 GRT coaster built in 1925 in Hamburg, Germany, originally built under the name Wiedau. After changing owners many times, SS Manganese was sold to Egypt and renamed to its final name. She operated in Egypt until she was scrapped in 1993.

## SS Ali El-Kebir I

SS Mohamed Ali El-Kebir, originally SS Teno, was a steam turbine ocean liner. She was the sister ship of SS Khedive Ismail, both built in 1922 for the Chilean Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores. She was renamed in 1935 after being bought by the Egyptian KML, SS Mohamed Ali El-Kebir operated services that linked Alexandria with destinations across the Mediterranean Sea. She was requisitioned by the UK Ministry of War Transport in 1940 and then sunk by a German U-boat during the Second World War.

## El Amir Farouq I

El Amir Farouq was a sloop of the Egyptian Navy, launched in 1926. She was originally a passenger-cargo ship before being converted to military service in 1936 and served as the flagship of the Egyptian Navy. El Amir Farouq was sunk in 1948 in the Mediterranean Sea off Gaza. She was a casualty of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War after being struck by a motor explosive boat.

## El Qaher I

El Qaher, originally named HMS Myngs, was a Z-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built as a flotilla leader in 1942. She served during the Second World War in the North Sea and off the Norwegian coast, as well as taking part in some of the Arctic convoys. She was sold to the Egyptian Navy in 1955 and renamed as El Qaher. El Qaher was sunk by an Israeli air attack during the War of Attrition in 1970.

## PS Arabia I

PS Arabia was a passenger-carrying side-wheel paddle steamer, launched in 1921. She was the sister ship to PS Sudan, the two being the largest river steamers in Thomas Cook's Nile fleet. She was built by the Bow, McLachlan & Co in Scotland.

## SS Egypt I

SS Egypt was a P&O ocean liner operating between Great Britain and India, launched in 1897. During the First World War, she served as a hospital ship. She sank in May 1922 after a collision with Seine. Most of the crew, gold, and silver was recovered, but 86 people still lost their lives

## MV Munster I

MV Munster was a passenger ferry built in 1937. She was operated by the British and Irish Steam Packet Company from 1938 to 1940 on the Liverpool - Dublin service, built as the sister ship to MV Leinster. MV Munster was sunk by a mine during the Second World War.

## Llangibby Castle I

MV Llangibby Castle was a passenger liner of the Union-Castle Line launched in 1929. She served as a troopship during the Second World War, torpedoed by U-402 and participating in the Allied invasion of Italy and the Normandy landings. MV Llangibby Castle survived the war and was scrapped in 1954.