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The Pacha of Egypt's Steam-yacht "Said", 1858. Engraving from a Sketch by Mr. W. Woods, Etam-terrace, St. George's-hill, Liverpool. 'The iron screw steam-yacht Said...was contracted for by Messrs. Forrester and Co. of Vauxhall Foundry, Liverpool, by whom her engines were made. The vessel was constructed by Mr. J. Jones, jun., of Sefton street, Liverpool. She is of exceedingly elegant and graceful proportions, her lines being very fine fore and aft. Her length over all is 250 feet; her beam, 28 feet; and her burden is 900 tons. Her rig is that of a three masted schooner. The Said has a pair of oscillating condensing-engines, of 200 horse power, fitted with patented improvements. The screw is driven by multiplying wheel work, and the whole of the framing of the engines is of malleable iron. The details of the machinery are completed in the highest style of finish, and no expense appears to have been spared to render the whole as efficient as any propelling machinery hitherto made. Her masts and spars are highly varnished and polished, and the metalwork on deck is of brass. The woodwork of the deck is of teak and oak...The hull, and the funnels, two in number, are painted white. The Said is taken out by Captain Campbell, late of the Cunard service'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.