The ship was originally intended to serve as a parcel ship between Naples and Palermo . For this reason it was also baptized with the name Trinacria (ancient name of Sicily ). However, when it was taken over by the General Steam Navigation Company on July 1, 1825, it was named after the brother of the company's founder, Hylton Jolliffe , and was used as a parcel ship between London and Hamburg . A year later the steamboat drove from London via Scarborough to Newcastle .
In 1829 the ship was bought by the Ottomans and transferred to Istanbul on May 30, 1829 . In order to break the Russian blockade during the Russo-Turkish War , the ship sailed under the British flag. The paddle steamer was equipped with two cannons and renamed Sagir . First she served the Sultan Mahmud II as a yacht and later the Ottoman Navy. Since there was little experience with steamships in the Ottoman Navy, the British Captain Kelly commanded the ship.
literature
Ahmet Güleryüz, Bernd Langensiepen: Osmanlı Donanması , Istanbul, March 2007, ISBN 978-9944264020 (Turkish)
