SMS GRAF VON GOETZEN IN DOCK 46

GRAF VON GOETZEN 1913

WORK STARTED ON GRAF VON GOETZEN IN DOCK 46

SS LIEMBA DOCKED BESIDE GRAF VON GOETZEN TO DONATE PARTS

GRAF VON GOETZEN 1914

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Graf von Götzen
(1913-1916)

Liemba (1927-present)

Port of registry:

Kaiserliche Marine (1913-1916)
United Kingdom (1924-1961)
Tanzania (1961-present)

Builder:

Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg, Germany

Laid down:

1913

Launched:

1914

Homeport:

Kigoma,Tanzania

Status:

in active service, as of 2010

General characteristics

Displacement:

1,575 t

Length:

232 feet (70.71 m)

Beam:

33 feet 10 inches (10.31 m)

Propulsion:

Steam engine (until 1970, replaced with Diesel): triple expansion, 500 ihp (370 kW), 2 screws

Speed:

9 knots (17 km/h)

Complement:

18 1st class
16 2nd class
350 3rd class

Armament:

8.8cm gun and two 3.7 cm revolver guns from SMS Königsberg (removed 1916)

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MV Liemba

Former name: Graf von Goetzen
Namesake: Gustav Adolf von Götzen
Builder: Meyer Werft

Laid down: 1913
Launched: 5 February 1915
In service: 9 June 1915
Fate: Scuttled on 26 July 1916

Flag of Tanganyika (1919-1961).svgTanganyika Territory

Renamed: MV Liemba
Reinstated: 16 May 1927

Tanzania
Name: MV Liemba
Operator: Marine Services Company Limited
Homeport: Kigoma, Tanzania

Status: in active service

General characteristics

Displacement: 1,575 t

Length: 71.4 m (234.25 ft)
Beam: 9.9 m (32.48 ft)
Draught: 3 m (9.84 ft)

Installed power:

Steam 500 ihp (370 kW)
Diesel 1,240 hp (920 kW)

Propulsion: Triple-expansion steam engine, (until 1970, replaced with Diesel): 2 screws

Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h)

Armament:

(removed 1916)

1 × 10.5 cm (4 in) gun
1 × 8.8 cm (3 in) gun
2 × 37 mm revolver guns

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