S. Y. RHOUMA * Sir George Bullough's Ocean Going Steam Yachts * Rhouma I and Rhouma II

S. Y. RHOUMA
 Rhouma I and Rhouma II * Sir George Bullough's Ocean Going Steam Yachts.

PHOTOGRAPHS  OF VISITS TO THE ISLAND OF MADEIRA APRIL 1899, 1901 AND 1904.

  

Written from first hand, on-going research and illustrated by George W. Randall, 

co-founder in July 1996 and former 

Vice-Chairman of Kinloch Castle Friends' Association. 

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All references at conclusion of Post.

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A FULL HISTORY OF RHOUMA I (ex Maria) 
and RHOUMA II (ex Triton)
FOLLOWS THIS APPRAISAL OF CHARLES DIXON'S PAINTING OF 

RHOUMA I AT COWES SAILING REGATTA IN AUGUST 1896.

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Official Number: 102379 in Lloyd's Register of Yachts.

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Mr. Ninian Stewart is the recorded owner of Maria for the year 1896/97.

Charles Dixon's oil painting depicts Rhouma at Cowes Regatta held in August dated 1896 clearly flying George Bullough's personal pennant on the main mast.

The former Triton must have undergone major work to her superstructure shortly after the yacht's purchase by George Bullough. 

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Charles Dixon's oil painting of Rhouma at Cowes Regatta, August 1896.

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NOTE: Official Number: 115677.  Signal letters: TJGP

Previously: 102379    NGVP

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HM YACHT SAYONARA (ex Katoomba) VISITS RUM

Auxiliary Patrol Vessel

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                  Lloyd’s Yacht Register 1902 - 1903.

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THE ISLAND OF MADEIRA 

WAS A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR SY RHOUMA.

Madeira April 1904.

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Madeira Album.

Left: Sir George Bullough's personal flag. 

Right: The Burgee of the Royal Thames Yacht Club.

Forest and Stream  -  27 May 1899.

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Captain Robert L. Foxworthy was born in 1867 at Plympton, Devon, England.

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Sir George Bullough's personal flag flown from the foremast.

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RHOUMA II (ex Triton)

A  still floating metamorphosis full of surprises ... ... ...

First hand research written and illustrated by George W. Randall .
References at conclusion of Post.

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SY RHOUMA II (formerly TRITON)

Following the death in 1912 of her owner, James Coats, Triton was sold the following year by his executors  to 

Sir George Bullough, and renamed Rhouma II.

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James Coates, jnr., commissioned and owned Triton from 1902.

He died in 1912, his executors sold the yacht the following year 

to Sir George Bullough who renamed her, Rhouma.

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Original classification stamp on the main drive shaft:
LLOYDS. No. 205A 11.2.02 (i.e. 11 February 1902)

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Lloyd's did  not record a register of yacht ownership 1916 - 1918.

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After the war, in 1919, Rhouma was returned to her owner, Sir George Bullough who sold her to Mr. Vincent Grech.

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Mr. Grech retained Rhouma up to 1923 when the yacht was sold to Captain Oswald Liddell and renamed Osprey.

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In 1923 Rhouma II was lengthened, had an upper-deck and cabins fitted and 

converted to run on fuel oil instead of coal in Scott Shipbuilding & Engineering             Company's drydock at Greenock, Scotland.      (M/Y Madiz - Historic Timeline)     

   
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Captain Liddell's Osprey was one of eleven yachts registered in 1928 of the same name.

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Painting depicting HMS Hiniesta in Loch Foyle, the Royal Standard at the 

mast head, as she transports King George VI, Queen Elizabeth,  and Princess Elizabeth  

to Londonderry after arriving at Belfast by air for their Ulster Tour, July 1945.

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Hiniesta was decommissioned in 1949 and returned to Sir Frederick George Preston who is recorded as owner in 1949, the year of his death.

Ownership was retained by Sir Frederick’s Exors, until 1951, in which year Mr. Benjamin Meeker of London is recorded as “Proprietor” of Hiniesta.

Regrettably Lloyd’s Register for 1952 and 1953 was unobtainable, but at some point Hiniesta, now renamed President Roberts, was registered to President Roberts Inc., an International Trust Company based in Liberia, “linked to Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Liberia’s first president”, and photographed at anchor (below) with a Plumb Bow.

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Lloyd’s Register for 1954 records Camper & Nicholson of Southampton as owners.

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Scale model of S.Y Triton

later Rhouma II, Osprey, Hiniesta, President Roberts and finally, Madiz.

Plate relating to scale model of Triton  -  G. L. Watson Archive.

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With repairs completed +100A1 Classification was awarded (possibly in 1976, no copy available), 

but is recorded by Lloyd's Register in 1977.

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Image from Daily Motion. Poirot is a production of UK Independent Television - ITV.

UK Independent Television  -  ITV 1989.

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1993 Prince Trading Corporation (Costas Keletchekis), Monrovia and Athens.

In 1997 Madiz led the yacht parade at the Monaco Classic Yacht Week.

2002 Registered U. A. E. (United Arab Emirates).
2003 Prince Trading Corporation (C. Keletchekis)), Athens.

2003 - 2006 Madiz underwent a three year major overhaul and refit 

at the Kelaidis Shipyard, Perama, Greece, 
resulting in Lloyd's Classifying the yacht 

2011 Registered Valletta, Malta. 

2013 Registered owner Prince Trading Corp, Monrovia, Liberia.

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Madiz under restoration in Kelaidis Shipyard, Perama, Greece.
Madiz entered the dry dock facility in January 2004.

Madiz was in dry-dock for seventeen months during which every aspect of the vessel was inspected, overhauled or replaced as required, including testing the drive shafts, renewal of the bearings and realignment of the main engines. 

(Image above from: A Celebration - The Remarkable History of Madiz  - 2007.)

Refitting the rudder.
(Image above from: A Celebration - The Remarkable History of Madiz  - 2007.)

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Super Motor Yacht Madiz today bears little resemblance to Triton.  
Originally 147 feet in length the ship has been lengthened in her lifetime by 35 feet.
The original plumb bow is today raked giving a sleek modern appearance.
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Interior fore-section of the hull during restoration.
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RED  Diesel Tank  *  DARK GREEN Fresh Water Tanks  *   GREY Black/Grey Water Tanks  
DARK BLUE Ballast Water Tanks  *  LIGHT BLUE Guest Accommodation
 PINK Guest Internal Areas * YELLOW Crew Accommodation * LIGHT GREEN Service Areas

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TODAY MADIZ IS FOR SALE AT $10,500,000

SPECIFICATION:

Current Home Port: Valletta, Malta.

Length overall: 181.76 feet
Width: 22 feet
Draft: 13 feet
Gross tons: 359
Net tons: 107

A full set of plans were drawn up for the 2004 refit and approved by Lloyds. 
(M/Y Madiz website)

Fuel consumption: 45 gallons per hour at 10 knots 
Speed: 10 - 11½ knots
Fuel capacity: 50 tons (approx. 10,000 gallons)
Water capacity: 40 tons(approx. 8,500 gallons)
Range: 2,750 nautical miles
Engines: 2 - 650 H.P. MTU Mercedes Maybach
Generators: 1 - 105 KVA Deutz genset, 1 - 50 KVA Kubota genset.

Madiz also carries:
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One 6 metre (20 foot) classic launch, diesel propelled
 Riva "Super Florida" classic speed boat
One inflatable with 35 H.P, engine 
One PWC (Personal water craft  -  i.e. Jet ski) 
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Accommodation; up to 12 guests
One owner cabin  *  1 VIP cabin  *  4 double cabins

Crew Accommodation: 10

 Built 1902. Photograph 1912.                                  A super yacht of the 2020's.

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A vessel fit for a King and Queen

King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth on-board HMS Hiniesta during their "Victory Tour" 

through Britain after World War II.

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I hereby list, gratefully thank and acknowledge 

the many sources to which I have referred. 

All have added to the previously fragmented, sometimes inaccurate story of these two amazing vessels.

REFERENCES: -

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Ninian Bannatyne Stewart  (Ancestry)

New York Herald - March 1899

M/Y Madiz  -  Historic Timeline

New York Herald - 1 March 1899

Charterworld.com

The Lancet - April 1900

Report by the Central British Red Cross - British Red Cross Society - 1902

Royal Navy Roll of Honour World War I - Date and Ship/Unit by David Kindell 2009

Marine Traffic – Ernst Gert Schmidt

The Field - March 1900
British Navy Ships of World War I - Archive.is - 2013

The Marine Engineer - July 1893

The Steamship Vol. 8 - January 1897

Caledonian Marine Research Trust - 2017

Engineering - June 1893

Italian Ships No. 5

Forest and Stream - May 1899, March 1900, May 1902

Jane’s Fighting Ships - 1902, 1920

Accrington Gazette - March 1900

The Graphic - December 1900

Camper and Nicholson, Gosport

Camper & Nicholsons France S.A.R.L.

George W. Randall Research and Photographic Archive - 1992-2023

Report of the Portland Hospital

Alpha Yachting

The Anatolian - 2009

Oamaru Mail - June 1912

Planet News, Ltd., Johnson's Court, London, E.C. 4

The Daily Telegraph

Prince Trading Company

James Edition.com - May 2016

Encyclopædia Britannica - 11^th Edition

Collezione Guido Alfano - 1913

Bonhams Knightsbridge, London - Marine Art Sale 2008

Clyde Built Ships - Website

Coats Viyella - Coats Group plc

En.Unionpedia.org

Kategorie Motor Yacht

Super Yacht Intelligence - Blohm & Voss

The (Christchurch, New Zealand) Press - 18 N0vember 1922

Scot Polar Research Institute

The Steam Yachts by Eric Hofman - 1970

Scientific American - July 1903

Ships of the Royal Navy WW I

Caledonian Maritime Research Trust

British Naval History of World War I

Daily Motion - Problem at Sea

Mackintosh-Architecture/Glasgow University

Italian Ships No. 5

Forest and Stream - March 1900

The Field - March 1900

Yacht Charter Fleet

British Movietone Pathé News

Independent Television U.K. (I.T.V. Trouble at Sea images.)
All the World's Fighting Ships - F. T. Jane - 1901

World War I at Sea – Ships of the Royal Navy

Marbnet Maritime Business Network

Engineering Volume 69 - July 1900

Scottish Natural Heritage - Kinloch Castle

NUVO

The Rudder  - September 1903

Scott Polar Research Institute     -                                  

                            Department of  Geography Cambridge University

A Celebration - The Remarkable History of Madiz  - 2007

Kenneth Clark: Life and Civilisation by James Stourton - published 2016

Naval History and Heritage Command - US NAVY

Civilian Ships - Namouna (Steam Yacht 1882) Ibiblio

Steamship Historical Society of America Website

Lloyd's Register Marine Communications

Lloyd's (Annual) Register of Yachts

National Maritime Museum, London

Google / Wikipedia

 

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REVIEWED BY AUTHOR 16 JANUARY 2026

George W. Randall Research and Photographic Archive

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