on Lake Victoria between Jinja, Mwanza, Musoma & Kisumu[1]
Builder
Yarrow Shipbuilders[1]
Yard number
2243[1]
Launched
1965
In service
1966[2]
General characteristics
Type
train ferry[1]
Tonnage
1,180[2]
Length
over 300 ft (91 m)[2]
Draught
8 ft 8 in (2.64 m)[2]
Installed power
800 hp (600 kW) V-8[2] diesel[1]
Propulsion
screw[1]
MV Uhuru1 is a Lake Victoria ferry in East Africa. She is a Kenya Railways Corporation train ferry that operated between Jinja, Mwanza, Musoma and Kisumu.[1]Uhuru means "freedom" in Swahili.
Uhuru1 and her sister ship MV Umoja were built in 1965 by Yarrow Shipbuilders in Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland,[1][3] and entered service in 1966.[2] At over 300 ft (91 m), they were the longest vessels on any of the East African lakes.[2]
The two vessels were owned and operated by the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation (EARH) until 1977, when EARH was divided between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Uhuru was transferred to the new Kenya Railways Corporation[1] and Umoja was transferred to the new Tanzania Railways Corporation.[3]
Uhuru was suspended from service in 2007.[4]
It was later revived in late 2019
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^ abcdefgAmin, Mohamed; Willetts, Duncan; Matheson, Alastair (1986). Railway Across The Equator:The Story of the East African Line. London: The Bodley Head. pp. 140–143. ISBN 0-370-30774-7.
^ abCameron, Stuart (2004). "Umoja". Clyde-built Database. Archived from the original on 23 September 2006. Retrieved 17 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^"Counting Losses". The Standard. 4 October 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
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