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SS Clement Hill

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History
NameSS Clement Hill
NamesakeSir Clement Lloyd Hill, MP
OperatorUganda Railway 1907–29; Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours 1929–36
Port of registryEast Africa Protectorate Kisumu
BuilderBow, McLachlan & Co,[1] Paisley, Scotland
Yard number189[1]
Launched1905[1]
In service1907[1]
Out of service1935
Fatescuttled 1936
General characteristics
TypePassenger & cargo ship[1]
Tonnage1,134 GRT[1]
Length225 ft (69 m)[1]
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)[1]
Installed power635 IHP triple expansion engine[1]
Propulsionscrew[1]

SS Clement Hill was a cargo and passenger Lake Victoria ferry in East Africa.

Bow, McLachlan and Company of Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland built her for the Uganda Railway in 1905.[1] She was a "knock down" vessel; that is, she 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 Kenya for reassembly.

Clement Hill was in service on the lake from March 1907 until 1935.[1] Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours then stripped her of machinery and fittings and in 1936 scuttled her at Bukakata to form a breakwater.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Cameron, Stuart; Asprey, David. "SS Clement Hill". Clyde-built Database. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)