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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SSUsoga |
| Namesake | The kingdom ofBusoga inUganda |
| Operator | Uganda Railway 1913–29;Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours 1929–48;East African Railways and Harbours Corporation 1948–75 |
| Port of registry |  Kisumu |
| Builder | Bow, McLachlan & Co,[1]Paisley, Scotland |
| Yard number | 284[1] |
| Launched | 1913[1] |
| In service | 1915[1] |
| Out of service | 1975[1] |
| Status | Derelict atKisumu as of 2007[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Troop ship, then passenger & cargo ship[1] |
| Tonnage | 800 GRT; 1,300 tons displacement[1] |
| Length | 220 ft (67 m)[1] |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m)[1] |
| Installed power | One 400 hptriple expansion engine |
| Propulsion | screw[1] |
SSUsoga is a disused cargo and passengerLake Victoria ferry inEast Africa.
Bow, McLachlan and Company ofPaisley inRenfrewshire,Scotland builtUsoga and hersister shipSS Rusinga 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.
Usoga entered service on the lake in 1915 and was atroop ship during theFirst World War East African Campaign.[1] After theArmistice she entered civilian service as a Lake Victoria ferry.
In 1975 theEast African Railways and Harbours Corporation laid her up at the Lake Victoria port ofKisumu.[1] In the 1990s she sank at the quayside and she was still there in 2006[1] and 2007,[2] along with the slightly earlierSS Nyanza from the same fleet.[2]
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