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NILE RIVER GUNBOATS
1882–1918
ANGUS KONSTAM
ILLUSTRATED BY PETER DENNIS
Author
Angus Konstam hails from the Orkney Islands, and is the
author of over 80 books, 60 of which are published by Osprey.
This acclaimed author has written widely on naval history,
from
Sovereigns of the Seas
and
Piracy: The Complete History
to his most recent bestseller,
Jutland 1916: Twelve Hours to
Win the War.
A former naval officer and museum professional,
he worked as the curator in the Royal Armouries, Tower of
London and the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West,
Florida. He now works as a full-time author and historian, and
lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Illustrator
Peter Dennis was born in 1950. Inspired by contemporary
magazines such as
Look and Learn
he studied illustration at
Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds
of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including
many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is
based in Nottinghamshire, UK.
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NEW VANGUARD 239
NILE RIVER GUNBOATS
1882–1918
ANGUS KONSTAM
ILLUSTRATED BY PETER DENNIS
This electronic edition published in 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Osprey Publishing,
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Index by Zoe Ross
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Map by Nick Buxey
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Title page image: The Egyptian government gunboat
Bordein
in action near
Khartoum in 1885, after the city was invested by the Mahdists. She and her
fellow gunboats did what they could to pound enemy positions near the
river, and to weaken the enemy’s stranglehold on the city.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
All images in this book are courtesy of the Stratford Archive, unless noted
otherwise
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE RIVER
• British interests on the Nile
4
5
8
NILE GUNBOAT DEVELOPMENT
• General Gordon’s ‘Penny Steamers’
• Tamai-class gunboats
• El Zafir-class gunboats
• Sultan-class gunboats
THE NILE GUNBOATS
The ‘Penny Steamers’
• Other Khartoum gunboats
• Later gunboats
• Protection
• Propulsion
• Conditions on board
• Firepower
12
GUNBOATS IN ACTION
• The 1884–85 campaign
• The 1896–98 campaign
35
FURTHER READING
INDEX
47
48

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