Sitima ya SS Gwendolen
SS Gwendolen (panji kuti Guendolen na Gwendolyn) yikaŵa sitima ya ku Britain iyo yikaŵa pa Nyanja ya Nyasa ndipo yikarwa nkhondo yakwamba ya pa Nyanja mu Nkhondo Yakwamba ya Caru Cose..[1]
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| History | |
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.svg){kind=small} Nyasaland | |
| Name | Gwendolen |
| Namesake | Lady Gwendolen Cecil (1860–1945) |
| Launched | 1899 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | ferry |
| Length | 136 feet (41 m) |
| Beam | 24 feet (7.3 m) |
| Draught | 5.5 feet (1.7 m) |
| Depth | 19 feet (5.8 m) |
| Installed power | steam |
| Propulsion | screw |
Cingalaŵa ici cikaŵa na matani 350 ndipo cikanyamulika pa nyanja ku Fort Johnston mu 1899. Mu 1907, Gwendolen ndiyo yikaŵa yikuru comene pa ngaraŵa zitatu izo zikagwiranga nchito nga ni boti la gunboat..[2]
Kwambira mu 1914, Kaputeni Edmund Rhoades ndiyo wakalamuliranga, ndipo wakawukira Hermann von Wissman, ngalaŵa ya mubwezi wake, Kaputeni Berndt. Pamanyuma, William Percival Johnson wakakumbuka kuti Kaputeni Berndt, uyo wakaŵa mweneko wa boti la ku Germany ilo likagwiranga ntchito yakwimikana na wuzga mu vyaka vya m'ma 1890, wakaŵa mubwezi muwemi wa ŵamishonale ŵa ku Britain mu nyengo ya Chauncy Maples.
Mu ma 1920, boma la Nyasaland likendeskanga boti la Gwendolen kufuma ku Fort Johnston, ilo likendeskanga katundu na ŵanthu.[3]
Ukaboni
lemba- ↑ Warship International. International Naval Research Organization, Naval Records Club (U.S.). 17. 1980.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) "The Germans made repairs to the Von Wissmann but Gwendolen again arrived on the scene on May 30, 1915 when Von Wissmann was sent to ... The British also had two other vessels on Lake Nyasa named Chauncy Maples and Queen Victoria." - ↑ Martin, Frederick; Keltie, Sir John Scott; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson (1907). "The Statesman's Yearbook". 44.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) "This consists of three vessels, formerly used as gunboats, including the Gwendolen, 350 tons, launched in 1899 at Fort Johnston, which is the headquarters of the department. For ordinary traffic there are 4 small steamers on the Lake ... - ↑ An Economic survey of the colonial empire Great Britain. Colonial Office. 1936. "For many years the Nyasaland Government Marine Transport operated a monthly sailing of the SS Guendolen from Fort Johnson carrying goods and passengers to various ports on the Lake, the round trip taking 15 days."