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This African Queen was a 30-foot steam boat built of riveted sheet iron in 1912 in the United Kingdom for service in Africa on the Victoria Nile and Lake Albert where the movie was filmed in 1950. Originally named Livingstone , she was built for the British East Africa Railway [ 2 ] and used from 1912 to 1968.
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.
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 (boat), the vessel used in the 1951 film The African Queen; ... "African Queen", a song by 2face Idibia from the 2004 album Face 2 Face
African Queen first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1797 with R. Buckle, master, T. King, owner, and trade Bristol–Africa. She had undergone small repairs in 1796. [2] Africa voyage: African Queen, Buckle, master, sailed from Bristol on 27 February 1797. [6] In 1797, 104 vessels sailed from British ports, bound for the trade in enslaved ...
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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 ...
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