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SS Sybil (1901)

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in 1901. They were "knock down" vessels; that is, each was bolted together in the shipyard at Paisley, all the parts marked with numbers, disassembled into many hundreds of parts and transported in kit form by sea to
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sank at her moorings but she was raised, restored as a passenger and cargo vessel and in 1956 re-entered service. In 1967 the
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struck a rock and had to be beached. She was refloated in 1915 and refitted and returned to service in 1916.
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returned to civilian service. By now the company had three larger ferries: the 1,134 ton
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had begun shipping operations on the lake in 1901 with the launch of the 110 ton
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was stripped of her engine and accommodation and converted into a
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Index

Uganda Railway
Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours
East African Railways and Harbours Corporation
East Africa Protectorate
Kisumu
Bow, McLachlan & Co
Paisley
scuttled
GRT
triple expansion engines
Lake Victoria ferry
East Africa
Uganda Railway
SS William Mackinnon
Bow, McLachlan and Company
Paisley
Renfrewshire
ferry
sister ship
SS Winifred
Kenya
First World War East African Campaign
gunboats
Armistice
SS Clement Hill
SS Rusinga
SS Usoga
lighter
East African Railways and Harbours Corporation
scuttled

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