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.
MV Victoria
MV Victoria is a historic Lake Victoria ferry. Built in Glasgow in 1959 and assembled in Kisumu, Kenya, it was originall...
HMS Mimi and HMS Toutou
HMS Mimi and HMS Toutou were two British Royal Navy motor launches transported overland to Lake Tanganyika in 1915 durin...
The MV Liemba, originally launched as the SS Graf von Götzen in 1915, is a Tanzanian passenger and cargo ferry on Lake T...
HMS Fifi (ex-SMS Kingani)
HMS Fifi was an armed screw steamer, originally built in 1894 for the German colonial customs service as SMS Kingani. Sh...
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Hedwig von Wissmann
Hedwig von Wissmann was a German steamship launched around 1900 to operate on Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. It served...