Keywords: Thornycroft Nile patrol boats - Engineering 1886-04-23.png en The Nile patrol boat Arthur was built by the Thornycroft yard at Chiswick and sent to Egypt on the deck of S S Poonah Here it is shown at Alexandria being launched sideways The illustration was featured in the April 23 1886 issue of Engineering on page 402 File Engineering 41 Jan-June 1886 - Part 4 djvu Ewald Steinmetz 1886 <gallery>Thornycroft Nile patrol boats - Engineering 1886-04-23 - no text png Cropped version</gallery> Engineering 1886 Ships built at John I Thornycroft Company Chiswick PD-old-70-1923 |