Melik News

A report on the Melik Society's recent visit to Khartoum which included a series of meetings, surveys, and events building upon the longstanding friendship and mutual respect between our two countries.

The Imperial War Museum acted as hosts for the annual conference in October on board HMS BELFAST.

The December 2006 issue of Melik Bulletin is now available.

She led the British flotilla at the Battle of Omdurman, and she's been a haven for expatriate gin drinkers. Now the rusting Melik has become an unlikely symbol of Anglo-Sudanese co-operation.

The uneasy peace between government and rebels existing in the south and west of the country might deter tourists from visiting Sudan. But Sudan's fascinating history stretches from the earliest origins of man, through thousands of years of a Nubian civilisation that rivals that of ancient Egypt.

David Hathaway kindly offered his services as his contribution to the project by producing a 1:250 scale model (18cm x 4cm) which can be downloaded and printable onto 2 x A4 size sheets, and a 1:160 scale model (26cm x 5cm) which requires 4 x A4 sheets.