SS Rusinga
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS Rusinga |
| Operator | Uganda Railway (from 1913); East African Railways and Harbours Corporation (until 1966) |
| Builder | Bow McLachlan & Co,[1] Paisley, Scotland |
| Yard number | 283[1] |
| Launched | 1913[1] |
| In service | 1914[1] |
| Status | in service 2005[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | troop ship, then passenger & cargo ship[1] |
| Tonnage | 1,300 tons displacement[1] |
| Length | 220 feet (67 m)[1] |
| Beam | 35 feet (11 m)[1] |
| Installed power | two 400 hp triple expansion engines[1] |
| Propulsion | screw[1] |
SS Rusinga is a cargo and passenger ship on Lake Victoria in East Africa.
Bow McLachlan & Co of Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland built her and her sister ship SS Usoga in 1913.[1] They were "knock down" vessels; that is, they were bolted together in the shipyard at Paisley, all the parts marked with numbers, disassembled into many hundreds of parts and transported in kit form by sea to Kenya for reassembly.
Rusinga entered service on the lake in 1914 and was a troop ship during the First World War.[1] After the Armistice she entered civilian service as a Lake Victoria ferry. In 1966 the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation withdrew her for scrap[3] but she passed into private ownership and in 2005 was still in service.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Cameron, Stuart; Asprey, David. "SS Rusinga". Clyde-built Database. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ a b Kersi, Rustomji. "17 Usoga and Rusinga". Jambo Pauulo... Jambo Mykol... Kersi Rustomji. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "Gazette Notice No 3265; East Africa Railways & Harbours; Amendments to Tariff Book No 3". Kenya Gazette. Vol. LXVIII. 1966-08-30. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
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