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Paddler Information => Research => Topic started by: peterhore on March 22, 2012, 03:03:57 AM

Title: PS ZAMBA or PS AALBORG
Post by: peterhore on March 22, 2012, 03:03:57 AM

Hi
I'm researching this picture of a paddle steamer which, it has been suggested, may be the Danish PS Zamba or the PS Aalborg, both built on the Clyde in the late 1850s.   The distinctive feature of this ship however is the side-by-side funnels which ought to make identification easy.   Any suggestions - and proofs - would be gratefully received.
peterhore

Title: Re: PS ZAMBA or PS AALBORG
Post by: peterhore on March 22, 2012, 03:26:03 AM

Of course, I mean the Zampa

Title: Re: PS ZAMBA or PS AALBORG
Post by: Talisman on March 22, 2012, 08:58:45 AM

Hi Peter & welcome to Paddle ducks,

Now before addressing the Paddler ... The Painter was obviously not a sailor!!

I will be doing a wee bit of research in the local Library next week so i will have a look and see if any info is available.

I have a show this weekend so please give me until next weekend before a reply.

Regards
Kim

Title: Re: PS ZAMBA or PS AALBORG
Post by: peterhore on March 22, 2012, 09:34:07 AM

I agree - good art but artist didn't understand steam ships.
A few years I researched in another context the earliest representation of steam (paddle) ships in art - it was clear that the artists didn't understand in the 1820s how paddleships worked, but it's quite suprising to see here in the 1850s that an artist still might not have ...

Title: Re: PS ZAMBA or PS AALBORG
Post by: peterhore on March 25, 2012, 10:24:32 PM

If it helps anyone to help me, it has been suggested by another contact that my ship might be the Copenhagen (?spelling) built by Napier's of Glasgow in 1846 for the Danish Post Office and converted and taken into use in 1856 as the Danish Royal Yacht Slesvig ...

Title: Re: PS ZAMBA or PS AALBORG
Post by: Talisman on March 31, 2012, 10:01:17 AM

Hi All,
Wel,l good intentions ... not enough.
 I'm sorry between one thing and another i haven't been able to get away from the computer & workshop.
Better luck next week.
Regards,
Kim