The African Queen?

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Mostlyharmless
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The African Queen?

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I just found the story of the MV Liembs AKA Graf Goetzen on the BBC website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14677418. Enjoy!
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Re: The African Queen?

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Interesting account. But the gunboat didn't do the Germans any good.
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Re: The African Queen?

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"Concrete commitment" is an unfortunate term as probably most of the holes are plugged with. If they build a new one maybe they should use the old engine with new wood -ah biofueled boilers. The african engineers can handle that well enough. :lol:
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