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| Ship caption = SS ''Nyanza'' and [[MV Reli]] in [[Kisumu]]
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|Ship name = '''SS ''Nyanza'''''
| Ship name = '''SS ''Nyanza'''''
|Ship namesake = [[Nyanza Province]], southwest [[Kenya]]
| Ship namesake = [[Nyanza Province]], southwest [[Kenya]]
|Ship owner =
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|Ship operator =*[[Uganda Railway]] 1907–29; [[Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours]] 1929–48; [[East African Railways and Harbours Corporation]] after 1948;
| Ship operator = *[[Uganda Railway]] 1907–29; [[Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours]] 1929–48; [[East African Railways and Harbours Corporation]] after 1948;
*Delship Ltd. ''ca.'' 2002<ref name=Schoute>{{cite web |url=http://www.schoute.org/mvnyanza.htm |title=M.V. Nyanza |last=Schoute |first=Erik |date=2002-04-04 |work=Anja en Erik's Home Page |publisher=Anja & Erik Schoute |access-date=22 May 2011}}</ref>
*Delship Ltd. ''ca.'' 2002<ref name=Schoute>{{cite web |url=http://www.schoute.org/mvnyanza.htm |title=M.V. Nyanza |last=Schoute |first=Erik |date=2002-04-04 |work=Anja en Erik's Home Page |publisher=Anja & Erik Schoute |access-date=22 May 2011}}</ref>
|Ship registry = {{flagicon|British East Africa}} {{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Kisumu]]
| Ship registry = {{flagicon|British East Africa}} {{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Kisumu]]
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|Ship builder = [[Bow, McLachlan and Company|Bow, McLachlan & Co]],<ref name=Clyde>{{cite web |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust|title=Nyanza |work=[[Clyde-built Ship Database]] |url= http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=2711 |access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]], Scotland
| Ship builder = [[Bow, McLachlan and Company|Bow, McLachlan & Co]],<ref name=Clyde>{{cite web |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust|title=Nyanza |work=[[Clyde-built Ship Database]] |url= http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=2711 |access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]], Scotland
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|Ship launched = 1907<ref name=Clyde/>
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|Ship status =*In service 2002;<ref name=Clyde/>
| Ship status = Laid up as of 2007 in [[Kisumu]]
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*Laid up as of 2007<ref name=McCrow>{{cite web |url= http://www.mccrow.org.uk/eastafrica/eastafricanrailways/DeathOfFleet.htm |last=McCrow |first=Malcolm |title=Death of a Fleet at Kisumu |work=Memories of East Africa |year=2007 |access-date=15 April 2013}}</ref>
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|Ship power = two 450 hp [[Compound engine#Multiple expansion engines|triple expansion engines]] supplied by [[Water-tube boiler#Babcock & Wilcox boiler|Babcock & Wilcox boilers]]<ref name=Schoute/>
| Ship power = Two 450 hp [[Compound engine#Multiple expansion engines|triple expansion engines]] supplied by [[Water-tube boiler#Babcock & Wilcox boiler|Babcock & Wilcox boilers]]<ref name=Schoute/>
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==History==
==History==
[[File:Our holiday in Africa (1912) (14770266341).jpg|left|thumb|SS ''Nyanza'' in 1912]]
[[Bow, McLachlan and Company]] of [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]] in [[Renfrewshire]], [[Scotland]] built SS ''Nyanza'' in 1907 for the [[Uganda Railway]].<ref name=Clyde/> 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.
[[Bow, McLachlan and Company]] of [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]] in [[Renfrewshire]], [[Scotland]] built SS ''Nyanza'' in 1907 for the [[Uganda Railway]].<ref name=Clyde/> 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]].<ref name=Schoute/> As of 2019, ''Nyanza'' was still laid up at [[Kisumu]], along with fleetmate {{SS|Usoga}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tuko.co.ke/309740-uhuru-quietly-returns-lakeside-city-inspects-ksh-3-billion-renovation-works-kisumu-port.html/ |title=Uhuru quietly returns to lakeside city, inspects KSh 3 billion renovation works at Kisumu port |last=Onyango |first=Jacob |date=7 July 2019 |website=TUKO.co.ke |access-date=31 October 2019}}</ref>
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]].<ref name=Schoute/> As of 2019, ''Nyanza'' was still laid up at [[Kisumu]], along with fleetmate {{SS|Usoga}}.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://www.tuko.co.ke/309740-uhuru-quietly-returns-lakeside-city-inspects-ksh-3-billion-renovation-works-kisumu-port.html |title=Uhuru quietly returns to lakeside city, inspects KSh 3 billion renovation works at Kisumu port |date=7 July 2019 |access-date=19 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707082707if_/https://www.tuko.co.ke/309740-uhuru-quietly-returns-lakeside-city-inspects-ksh-3-billion-renovation-works-kisumu-port.html#309740 |archive-date=7 July 2019}}</ref>


==SS ''Nomadic''==
==SS ''Nomadic''==
''Nyanza''{{'}}s boilers and [[Compound engine#Multiple expansion engines|triple expansion engines]] are of a similar size to those originally installed in the [[White Star Line]] ship {{SS|Nomadic|1911|6}}, which was built in 1911 as a [[Ship's tender|tender]] to {{RMS|Olympic}} and {{RMS|Titanic}}.<ref name=NPS>{{cite web |url=http://www.nomadicpreservationsociety.co.uk/news.asp?p=62 |title=7 September 2008 |publisher=Nomadic Preservation Society |access-date=15 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130505055241/http://www.nomadicpreservationsociety.co.uk/news.asp?p=62 |archive-date=5 May 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2008 the Nomadic Preservation Society launched an unsuccessful appeal for [[Pound sterling|£]]200,000 to buy ''Nyanza''{{'}}s engines and boilers, ship them to the United Kingdom and install them in ''Nomadic''.<ref name=NPS/>
''Nyanza''{{'}}s boilers and [[Compound engine#Multiple expansion engines|triple expansion engines]] are of a similar size to those originally installed in the [[White Star Line]] ship {{SS|Nomadic|1911|6}}, which was built in 1911 as a [[Ship's tender|tender]] to {{RMS|Olympic}} and {{RMS|Titanic}}.<ref name=NPS>{{cite web |url=http://www.nomadicpreservationsociety.co.uk/news.asp?p=62 |title=7 September 2008 |publisher=Nomadic Preservation Society |access-date=15 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505055241/http://www.nomadicpreservationsociety.co.uk/news.asp?p=62 |archive-date=5 May 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2008 the Nomadic Preservation Society launched an unsuccessful appeal for [[Pound sterling|£]]200,000 to buy ''Nyanza''{{'}}s engines and boilers, ship them to the United Kingdom and install them in ''Nomadic''.<ref name=NPS/> As of 2019, the engines and boilers are still intact and inside ''Nyanza''.<ref name="auto"/>


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 04:51, 23 September 2024

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

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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

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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

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References

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  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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