Mansa Kila Ba TSCMY (Yatch)

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Arturo
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Mansa Kila Ba TSCMY (Yatch)

Post by Arturo » Wed Apr 09, 2014 5:40 pm

The official and luxurious yatch of President. She was burnt down in an arson attack.

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Gambia, 1980, S.G.?, Scott; 410.
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aukepalmhof
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Re: MANSA KILA BA TSCMY (Yacht)

Post by aukepalmhof » Mon Jan 02, 2017 12:50 am

Completed in 1913 on Rennie Forrest’s yard in Wivenhoe under yard number 1207, and designed to be “mosquito proof”, the MANSA KILA BA was a composite triple screw administration yacht built for the Governor of Gambia. She was 110’x19’3″x7’0″, 5′ draft, and capable of 11 knots. Launched on 30/9/1913 by Lady Galoway the Governor of Gambia’s wife. The name means “Big King’s Messenger“.
She was not a “yacht” in the more usual sense, i.e. a pleasure craft, but a comfortable mobile administrative office. The three propeller shafts were essential to enable her to cope with strong currents that could be found in the River Gambia; her relatively shallow draft was also a prerequisite of river navigation.

http://www.wivenhoehistory.org.uk/conte ... -messenger

Late 1970 burnt in a revolutionary arson attack in Gambia.
Gambia 1980 50b sg438, scott410
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