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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

THE OLD FERRY IN THE WORLD AT KIGOMA




The MV Liemba, formerly the Graf von Götzen, is a passenger and cargo ferry that runs along the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. She is operated by the Marine Services Company Limited of Tanzania[1] and operates between the ports of Kigoma,Tanzania and MpulunguZambia with numerous stops to pick up and set down passengers in between.
Graf von Götzen was built in 1913 in Germany, and was one of three vessels operated by the German Empire to control Lake Tanganyika during the early part of the First World War. Her master had her scuttled on 26 July 1916 off the mouth of theMalagarasi River during the German retreat from the town of Kigoma. In 1924 a British Royal Navy salvage team raised her and in 1927 she was recommissioned as the Liemba.

Early history


Model in Hamburg of Graf Goetzen as originally built
The Graf von Götzen was built in 1913 at the Meyer-Werft Shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, and named after Count Gustav Adolf Graf von Götzen, the former governor of German East Africa. After a preliminary assembly she was taken apart and shipped in parts to East Africa to serve as a passenger and cargo ferry in conjunction with the Ostafrikanische Eisenbahngesellschaft("East African Railway Company"). She arrived first in Dar es Salaam and was then taken on the Central Line to Kigoma, on Lake Tanganyika. She was rebuilt there in 1914 and launched in June 1915.
passengers arrival from the ferry MV LIEMBA

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