PS Madagascar (1838 ship)
Paddle steamer Madagascar consumed by fire during a typhoon at the entrance to the Formosa Channel. From an engraving by E. Duncan, based on a painting by W. J. Huggins after an original sketch by Capt. Dicey. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Builder | Blyth and Sons, London |
| Launched | 1838 |
| Homeport | Mauritius |
| Fate | Burned and sunk, September 1841 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Paddle steamer |
| Tons burthen | 201 |
| Installed power | Coal |
| Propulsion | Paddle wheels |
Madagascar was a 19th-century paddle steamer that served the British Empire as a troop transport in the First Opium War, during which conflict an accidental fire destroyed her.