Hi Can someone please point me in the direction where I can find a photo of "THE HOPE" steamer. see some details of the steamer below - Thanks Ships and South Africa: a maritime chronicle of <http://books.google.com/books?id=5CIZAAAAIAAJ&q=first+steamer+cape+town +%22st+francis%22+%22The+Hope%22&dq=first+steamer+cape+town+%22st+franci s%22+%22The+Hope%22&hl=en&ei=JahnTP2_CtO6jAfF36DVBA&sa=X&oi=book_result& ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ> the Cape <http://books.google.com/books?id=5CIZAAAAIAAJ&q=first+steamer+cape+town +%22st+francis%22+%22The+Hope%22&dq=first+steamer+cape+town+%22st+franci s%22+%22The+Hope%22&hl=en&ei=JahnTP2_CtO6jAfF36DVBA&sa=X&oi=book_result& ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ> , with ... <http://books.google.com/books?id=5CIZAAAAIAAJ&q=first+steamer+cape+town +%22st+francis%22+%22The+Hope%22&dq=first+steamer+cape+town+%22st+franci s%22+%22The+Hope%22&hl=en&ei=JahnTP2_CtO6jAfF36DVBA&sa=X&oi=book_result& ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ> <http://books.google.com/books?id=5CIZAAAAIAAJ&q=first+steamer+cape+town +%22st+francis%22+%22The+Hope%22&dq=first+steamer+cape+town+%22st+franci s%22+%22The+Hope%22&hl=en&ei=JahnTP2_CtO6jAfF36DVBA&sa=X&oi=book_result& ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=2&ved=0CDkQ6wEwAQ> Marischal Murray <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tbo=p&tbs=bks:1&q=inauthor: %22Marischal+Murray%22&ei=JahnTP2_CtO6jAfF36DVBA&ved=0CDgQ9Ag> - 1933 - 360 pages - Snippet view Auspiciously named Hope, this little steamer, the first to ply on the coast of South Africa, arrived at Capetown on December 8th, 1838, ... On the afternoon of March 10th, 1840, she ran ashore in a fog, 10 miles west of Cape St. Francis ... *Cape coasting steamers *In 1831 the little ship Sophia Jane arrived at the Cape. Her captain was prepared to sell her to anyone at the Cape who wanted to use her in the coasting trade. As the price he wanted was not forthcoming the Sophia Jane went on to Australia, the first steamer to reach that continent, and traded successfully along the Australian coast for many years. *Five years later, however, a company was formed in Cape Town: The Cape of Good Hope Steam Navigation Company. A steamer, the Hope, was built on the Clyde for this new company. A ship of 194 tons and 100 horse-power, she was able to carry 115 tons of cargo and 38 passengers. She was South Africa's first coasting steamer. She plied regularly between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth for some years. After she had been wrecked on Cape St. Francis in 1840, her owners ordered that the Phoenix, of 405 tons, should replace her. For ten years between 1842 and 1852 she ran between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, with calls at Mossel Bay and sometimes Plettenberg Bay. But in 1852, when larger and faster coasters were put into service, the Phoenix was sold to an Australian firm. Walter Veldsman Guildford Surrey GU2 7XY UK email walter.veldsman@boc.com <mailto:walter.veldsman@boc.com>