MV Victoria (1959)
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 Kenya Colony
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| Name: | RMS Victoria |
| Port of registry: | Kisumu |
| Route: | around Lake Victoria |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders[1] |
| Yard number: | 2165[1] |
| Launched: | 1959 (Paisley);[1] 1960 (Kisumu) |
| Completed: | 1961[1] |
| History | |
  Kenya, Uganda
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| Name: | MV Victoria |
| Port of registry: | Kisumu |
| Fate: | Transferred to Tanzania |
| History | |
 Tanzania
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| Name: | MV Victoria |
| Operator: | Marine Services Company Limited |
| Port of registry: | Mwanza |
| Acquired: | 1977 |
| Status: | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | ferry[1] |
| Tonnage: | 1,599 GRT[2] |
| Length: | 79.6 m (261 ft)[2] |
| Beam: | 12.5 m (41 ft)[2] |
| Draught: | 3.96 m (13.0 ft)[2] |
| Installed power: | diesel[1] |
| Propulsion: | twin screw[3] |
| Capacity: | |
MV Victoria is a Lake Victoria ferry operated by the Marine Services Company Limited of Tanzania.[2] Until Kenyan independence from the United Kingdom in 1963 she was the Royal Mail Ship RMS Victoria.[4]
History
Yarrow Shipbuilders at Scotstoun, Glasgow built Victoria in 1960.[5] She was then "knocked down" and exported to Mombasa in 1,500 crates[3] and reassembled at Kisumu[4] on Lake Victoria for the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation (EAR&H) in 1961.[6] When the ship was commissioned Elizabeth II granted her the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) designation: the only EAR&H ship to receive this distinction.[4]
When commissioned in 1961, Victoria had capacity for 230 passengers and 200 tons of freight[3] and had refrigeration for perishable cargo.[7] She took over the EAR&H's circular service around the ports of Lake Victoria, halving the total journey time to two and a half days[3] which enabled her to serve all ports on the lake twice a week. EAR&H accordingly introduced new fares for passengers and rates for different classes of freight on her.[7]
In 1977 EAR&H was divided between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and Victoria was transferred to the new Tanzania Railways Corporation. In 1997 TRC's inland shipping division became a separate company, the Marine Services Company Ltd.[8]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cameron, Stuart; Strathdee, Paul. "Victoria". Clyde-built Database. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "MV. Victoria". Vessels. Marine Services Company Limited. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Kenya". Internet Archive. Internet Archive. 1961. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- 1 2 3 McCrow, Malcolm. "Marine Services". East African Railways and Harbours. Malcolm McCrow. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ↑ Brown, D.C. (1960). "Check Point". IMechE Proceedings (Institution of Mechanical Engineers) 50.
- ↑ von Kienlin, Markus (2007-12-17). "RMS Victoria". Katalog. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Eisenbahngeschichte. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- 1 2 "Gazette Notice No 3467; East Africa Railways & Harbours; Amendments to Tariff Book No 3". Kenya Gazette. LXIII. 1961-07-18. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ↑ "Home". Marine Services Company Limited. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
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