SS LIEMBA IN DOCK 23

SS LIEMBA ( EX GRAF GOTZEN ) 1913

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DETAIL OF MIDSHIPS SECTION WORK RQD ---------- AFT VEIW WITH PARTS THAT NEED UPGRADE

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BOW OVERHEAD VEIW --------- STERN OVERHEAD VEIW

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STD VEIW OF WORK SO FAR

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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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