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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
ILALA |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1951 |
shipped |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Passenger Ferry
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Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
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1917 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
620 grt / / 622 tons disp. |
172.0 ft |
30.6 ft |
11 ft 0 in mld |
7 ft 6 in (mean) |
Engine builder |
Crossley Brothers Ltd., Manchester |
Engine detail |
2 x Screw. 2 sets Crossley HRL5 Diesel engines. 2 four bladed propellers speed 12 knots 850HP. |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Nyasaland Railways |
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Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
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Vessel history |
Lake Nyasa Passenger ferry 368 passengers (Second ship of the name) LBP 160 ft 0 in. Draft 6.1 ft fwd - 8.6 ft aft. |
Remarks |
1949 shipped out.Taken by rail from Beira to Chipoka on Lake Nyasa, and launched at Monkey Bay. 2010 Operated by the government owned Malawi Lake Services but :- 1. She is likely to be privatised. 2. Being single hulled she may be decommissioned. |
End year |
Fate / Status |
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In Service |
Disposal Detail |
Reported in July 2014 that she continues in service on Lake Malawi, sailing weekly from Chipoka to Chilumba with 9 calls en route (source, Cruising Monthly) |
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