PS Sudan

PS Sudan is a passenger-carrying side-wheel paddle steamer on the River Nile in Egypt.[1] Along with PS Arabia, she was one of the largest river steamers in Thomas Cook's Nile fleet.[4] The director John Guillermin filmed some scenes of the 1978 film of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile aboard Sudan.[5][6]

PS Sudan on the Nile river at Luxor, December 2011
History
 Egypt
Name: PS Sudan
Namesake: Sudan
Owner: Thomas Cook Egypt until 1950; Fouad Serageddin 1950-55; LTI Hotels
Operator: Thomas Cook Egypt until 1950; Fouad Serageddin 1950-55; Eastmar Nile Cruises
Route: River Nile
Builder: Bow, McLachlan & Co,[1] Paisley, Scotland
Yard number: 315[1]
Launched: 1921[2]
In service: 1921[1]
Status: in service 2008
General characteristics
Type: passenger river steamer[1]
Tonnage: 600 tons[1]
Length: 228 ft (69 m) or 236 ft (72 m)[1]
Beam: 32 ft (9.8 m)[1]
Draught: 9.5 ft (2.9 m)[1]
Installed power: two 500 IHP triple expansion engines[1]
Propulsion: Side paddle wheel[1]
Speed: 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h)[1]
Capacity: 23 cabins including 5 suites[3]

The steamer spent the latter years of the 20th century laid up and in deteriorating condition but new French owners bought her in 2000 and returned her to service in 2001.[5]

In 2004, she was again used for an adaptation of Death on the Nile.[6]

See also

References
  1. Cameron, Stuart; Asprey, David. "PS Sudan". Clyde-built Database. Archived from the original on 7 December 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2011.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  2. http://www.oxygene-conseil.fr. "History « Steam Ship sudan". www.steam-ship-sudan.com. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. "The Steam Ship Sudan as if you were there". Steam Ship Sudan Egypte. Archived from the original on 26 November 2011.
  4. "The Cook Era of travel on the Nile (1877-1950)". Steam Ship Sudan Egypte. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011.
  5. "The Steam Ship Sudan is rediscovered (2000...)". Steam Ship Sudan Egypte. Archived from the original on 21 May 2010.
  6. Suchet, David (2013). Poirot and Me. Headline Publishing Group. pp. 215, 310. ISBN 978-0-7553-6419-0.
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