An Admiral Class model is currently being built for a Canadian client whose forefathers immigrated to Canada on the British troop-transport HMS Simoom.

HMS Simoom was an iron hulled auxiliary (350 horse power steam engine) screw Frigate. Simoom was named after a hot, dry desert sandstorm and launched on the 24th of May 1849. She was converted to a troopship in 1852 as stated in The Weekly Dispatch, 26 January 1851; 'the new steam frigate HMS Simoom, if she be found, on trial, to be fit for similar service, is to be also fitted as a troop steamer, to carry 1,000 men'.



She is currently being detailed and scheduled for delivery at the end of 2010.

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