The aim of the Melik Society is to advance public awareness of Anglo-Sudanese history in the period 1883-1899 and subsequently, through the restoration and preservation of the river gunboat Melik and the paddle steamer Bordein.

UK Foreign Office: Our Ambassador in Khartoum 28th May 2008 UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Ros Marsden, our ambassador in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, shows us the gunboat which General Kitchener used to bombard Omdurman in 1898. Read more about Sudan: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/fco-in-action/casestudies/sudan-day-one