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Steam Yacht 'Rhouma I'

Image credit: Kinloch Castle, Rum (NatureScot)

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Displayed in the Dining Room, the painting captures 'Rhouma' in all her magnificence at the 1896 Cowes Regatta. Built in 1893 and called 'Maria', the 670 ton, twin-screw yacht was purchased in 1895 by George Bullough and renamed 'Rhouma'. Two hundred and twenty-one feet in length, requiring a crew of 40, she carried a full set of sails, but was principally steam driven. Within two months of the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War on 11 October 1899, George Bullough converted 'Rhouma' into a hospital ship by erecting a framed, 20 bed canvas deck-house on the aft-deck, hiring nurses and doctors and sailing his yacht with a number of recruits to Table Bay, Cape Town. 'Rhouma' remained on station for almost 12 months, treating 216 men and 46 officers, before returning to the island of Rum with a number of convalescents on board, the first guests at an almost finished Kinloch Castle.

Kinloch Castle, Rum (NatureScot)

Isle of Rum

Title

Steam Yacht 'Rhouma I'

Date

1896

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 39 x W 58.5 cm

Accession number

4425

Acquisition method

purchased as part of the Bullough Estate, 1957

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Charles Dixon/96

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Kinloch Castle, Rum (NatureScot)

Isle of Rum, Highland PH43 4RR Scotland

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