![]() In 1901, two years after leaving Britain, the Chauncey Maples was successfully launched on Lake. ![]() Unfortunately, when the parts of the hull were galvanised in Glasgow the numbering system was hidden, so the engineers in Malawi had to work out a huge jig-saw to re-assemble the ship. It was shipped to East Africa and then towed on a barge and hauled overland by 450 Ngoni tribesmen, averaging five kilometres a day. Adjoining Doviels or Dovilles yard on the shores of Great Sodus Bay at Sodus Point, N.Y., on the south shore of Lake Ontario was the yard of Rogers and Betts. The only part that had to be transported in one piece was the 11-ton boiler. Description: Historic shipyard currently operated by Mota Engil, with several Clyde-built ships in the harbour, including the Ilala II, the Mpasa and the Nkwazi. To transport the ship to Lake Nyasa it was disassembled into 3,481 parts, with an average weight of 25kg. 'The Big Pull' - the 11-ton boiler being hauled overland to Lake Malawi The SS Chauncey Maples was designed by Henry Brunel and Sir John Barry and built by Alley & McClellan of Glasgow at a cost of £13,500. The oldest motor vessel in Africa, the SS Chauncey Maples was built in Rutherglen, Glasgow. Description: Historic shipyard currently operated by Mota Engil, with several Clyde-built ships in the harbour, including the Ilala II, the Mpasa and the Nkwazi.
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