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Old 08-29-2011, 10:40 AM   #1
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Default 100 YO ship, interesting colonial history tidbit

Ships don't come with much more historical ballast than the MV Liemba. The steamer still shudders and belches its way across Lake Tanganyika every Wednesday and Friday, a century after it was built as a warship in Germany.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14677418

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