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Sitima ya MV Chauncy Maples
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MV Chauncy Maples ni sitima iyo yikendeskeka na injini ndipo yikaŵa sitima ya pa maji iyo yikanyamuka mu 1901. Cingalaŵa ici cikaŵa pa Nyanja ya Malawi (iyo pakwamba yikacemekanga Nyanja ya Nyasa) ndipo cikaŵa cikuru comene pa vyombo vyose vya mu Africa.[2] Pamanyuma pa vilimika vyakujumpha 100, ŵakaghanaghananga kuti ŵamuwezgeremo kuti waŵe cipatala ico cikwenda pa maji kuti ŵanthu mamiliyoni ghanandi awo ŵakukhala mumphepete mwa nyanja ŵagwirenge nchito. Boma la Malawi likapeleka wovwiri uwu mu 2009 ndipo ndalama izo ŵanthu ŵakasanganga zikaŵa zakukwana kuti vinthu vyende makora. Ŵakasanga kuti ngalaŵa iyi yingazengekaso yayi pa mtengo uwemi, ntheura ŵakapanga ngalaŵa yiphya iyo yingapeleka wovwiri ku ŵasilikari awo ŵakwenda mu nyanja.
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Name | SS Chauncy Maples (until 1967), MV Chauncy Maples (1967–present) |
Owner | Universities’ Mission to Central Africa (until 1953); Government of Malawi (1953 onwards) |
Operator | Universities' Mission to Central Africa (until 1953); Government of Malawi (1953–67); Malawi Railways (1967–92) |
Port of registry | Monkey Bay |
Ordered | 1898 |
Builder | Alley & McClellan, Polmadie, Scotland |
Cost | £13,500 |
Launched | 1901 |
Maiden voyage | 1901 |
In service | 1901 |
Out of service | 1992 |
Fate | Laid up |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 150 tons |
Displacement | 250 tons |
Length | 38 m (126 ft) |
Beam | 6.1 m (20 ft) |
Draught | 2.0 m (6+1⁄2 ft) |
Installed power | Steam engine (until 1967), 330 BHP 6-cylinder Crossley diesel engine (1967 onwards)[1] |
Propulsion | Single screw |
Crew | 10 (as motor vessel) |
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