| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SSRusinga |
| Namesake | Rusinga Island inLake Victoria |
| Operator | Uganda Railway 1913–29;Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours 1929–48;East African Railways and Harbours Corporation 1948–66 |
| Port of registry |   Kisumu |
| 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 | |
| Type | troop ship, then passenger & cargo ship[1] |
| Displacement | 1,300 tons[1] |
| Length | 220 ft (67 m)[1] |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m)[1] |
| Installed power | two 400 hptriple expansion engines[1] |
| Propulsion | screw[1] |
SSRusinga is a cargo and passengerLake Victoria ferry inEast Africa.
Bow, McLachlan and Company ofPaisley inRenfrewshire,Scotland built her and hersister shipSS Usoga for theUganda Railway 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 toKenya for reassembly.
Rusinga entered service on the lake in 1914 and was atroop ship during theFirst World War East African Campaign.[1] After theArmistice she entered civilian service as aLake Victoria ferry.
On 30 September 1927Rusinga was damaged by fire.[3] She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
In 1966 theEast African Railways and Harbours Corporation withdrew her for scrap[4] but she passed into private ownership and in 2005 was still in service.[2]
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