2-981-816 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Screw-steamer Alfonso XII, 1876. 'This fine new propeller steam-ship, named after the present King of Spain, was built by Messrs. Denny Brothers, of Dumbarton, and the engines were made by Mr. David Rowan, of Glasgow. She has just left the Clyde to take up her station on the Cadiz and Havannah line. Her engines are on the compound principle, with two cylinders...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.