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African Queen (also known as S/L Livingstone) was the name of two boats used in the 1951 movie The African Queen starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. It was filmed in the Belgian Congo on a tributary of the Congo River, and on the Nile in the Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda. Two boats were used, one in each location.
The Hedwig von Wissmann was a German steamboat on Lake Tanganyika, which became a feature in the story behind the film The African Queen.She was sister vessel to the larger Hermann von Wissmann on Lake Nyasa, and like that vessel originally used as a gunboat against slavers.
African Queen, Buckle, master, was taken on the Windward Coast as she was sailing from Africa to Bristol, [8] Quaker, of Liverpool, with 350 captives, and African Queen, of Bristol, Buckle, master, were retaken. [9] [b] African Queen had been on a direct voyage (for wood, ivory, and palm oil for Britain), not gathering captives for the West ...
One of the two boats used as the African Queen is actually the 35-foot (10 m) L.S. Livingston, which had been a working diesel boat for 40 years; the steam engine was a prop and the real diesel engine was hidden under stacked crates of gin and other cargo. Florida attorney and Humphrey Bogart enthusiast Jim Hendricks Sr. purchased the boat in ...
African Queen — ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen. A tow boat ride is a water ride constructed on a body of water. The course is defined by a main drive underwater cable, creating the impression of free floating boats. The station could be a revolving platform. [1] [2] [3]
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African Queen (1787 ship) was built in the East Indies in 1775, probably under a different name. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) as African Queen in 1787. She made one voyage as a slave ship and then sailed between England and North America. She foundered in 1793. African Queen (1792 ship) was built at Folkestone in 1780, though ...