Originally Posted by kaywoodie
Very interesting sidenote;

When the book was written the Graf Von Gotzen was still in service on Lake Tanganika. This was 2004. Dunno if she is still running now. Coal burners removed and Diesel engines installed at some point. This was the ship that was the inspiration for the Luisa in the African Queen.


She is now called the MV Liemba and is still in service. In fact in spring of this year, she was apparently used by the UN during an evacuation of refugees.


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