Historic African Vessels
Explore Africa’s maritime past and present through the vessels that shaped it. From lake ferries and royal barges to warships and working cargo ships. Each one tells a story of movement, memory, and resilience across the continent’s waters.
SAS President Kruger
The SAS President Kruger was a South African Navy light cruiser launched in 1929 and sunk in 1942 during World War II. I...
HMSAS Protea
HMSAS Protea was a South African naval survey vessel launched in 1941, serving primarily as a hydrographic survey ship a...
HMS Gambia
HMS Gambia was a Crown Colony-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy named after the British colony of Gambia. Launched i...
TS General Botha
TS General Botha was a South African naval cadet training ship (originally the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Thames, launched 1...
SAS Simon van der Stel
SAS Simon van der Stel was a South African Navy warship named after a 17th-century colonial governor. Originally launche...
PS Sudan
PS Sudan is a historic side-wheel paddle steamer operating on the Nile River in Egypt. Launched in 1921 for Thomas Cook,...
Alburkah
The Alburkah was a small (55-ton, ~70 ft/21 m) shallow-draft iron-hulled paddle steamer designed by Macgregor Laird and...
SAS Assegaai (S99)
SAS Assegaai (S99) was a Daphné-class submarine of the South African Navy, launched in 1970 and commissioned in 1971. Or...
MV Victoria
MV Victoria is a historic Lake Victoria ferry. Built in Glasgow in 1959 and assembled in Kisumu, Kenya, it was originall...
Khufu ship
The Khufu ship is an ancient Egyptian full-sized wooden 'solar barque' built around 2500 BC for Pharaoh Khufu. It was bu...
HMS Gifford
HMS Gifford was a British Ford-class patrol boat launched in 1954. It was sold to Nigeria in 1968 and renamed NNS Bonny,...
SS Nyanza (1907)
SS Nyanza is a 1907 steamship on Lake Victoria in East Africa, originally built for the Uganda Railway. Assembled from a...