SS Nyanza (1907)

SS Nyanza and MV Reli in Kisumu
History
NameSS Nyanza
NamesakeNyanza Province, southwest Kenya
Operator
Port of registryEast Africa Protectorate Kenya Kisumu
BuilderBow, McLachlan & Co,[2] Paisley, Scotland
Yard number220[2]
Launched1907[2]
Completed1907
Maiden voyage1907
In service1907
StatusLaid up as of 2007 in Kisumu
General characteristics
TypePassenger-cargo ship[2]
Tonnage812 GRT[2]
Installed powerTwo 450 hp triple expansion engines supplied by Babcock & Wilcox boilers[1]
PropulsionTwin-screw propellers[2]

SS Nyanza is a disused passenger-cargo steamer on Lake Victoria in East Africa. She is one of seven Clyde-built ships called Nyanza that were launched between 1867 and 1956.[2]

History

SS Nyanza in 1912

Bow, McLachlan and Company of Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland built SS Nyanza in 1907 for the Uganda Railway.[2] She was a "knock-down" vessel; that is, she was constructed in the normal fashion at the shipyard in Paisley, then, after all her parts had been marked with identifying numbers, disassembled and transported by sea in kit form to Kenya for reassembly and fit-out.

Ownership of Nyanza passed from the Uganda Railway to its successors Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours in 1929 and the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation in 1948. In 2002 she was owned by a private company, Delship Ltd, that planned to convert her into a motor vessel.[1] As of 2019, Nyanza was still laid up at Kisumu, along with fleetmate SS Usoga.[3]

SS Nomadic

Nyanza's boilers and triple expansion engines are of a similar size to those originally installed in the White Star Line ship SS Nomadic, which was built in 1911 as a tender to RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic.[4] In 2008 the Nomadic Preservation Society launched an unsuccessful appeal for £200,000 to buy Nyanza's engines and boilers, ship them to the United Kingdom and install them in Nomadic.[4] As of 2019, the engines and boilers are still intact and inside Nyanza.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Schoute, Erik (4 April 2002). "M.V. Nyanza". Anja en Erik's Home Page. Anja & Erik Schoute. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Nyanza". Clyde-built Ship Database. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Uhuru quietly returns to lakeside city, inspects KSh 3 billion renovation works at Kisumu port". 7 July 2019. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "7 September 2008". Nomadic Preservation Society. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2013.


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