LUALABA 1878-1895 O.N. 78613
'Gaboon' class. Iron screw schooner, two decks.
299.8' x 34.5' x 23.7' 1170 net, 1850 gross.
Built by Cunliffe & Dunlop, Port Glasgow, Yard No. 132 for British & African Steam Navigation Co. Registered Glasgow.
2 Cyl 40", 71" - 36" by the builders, 280 hp, 10.5 knots.
1878 May, completed.
1888 January, took first Elder Dempster sailing from Antwerp.
1889 20 June, first vessel to navigate up the Congo to Matadi (Captain John Murray)
1895 January, sold to P.M. Tintore (Liverpool Agents W.L. Nickels Son & Co.) Renamed TORDERA. Registered Barcelona.
1924 Sold to Cia. Transmediterranea, Barcelona. 1014 net, 1838 gross.
1934 Sold for demolition in Spain.
Lualaba is the name of the River Congo above Stanley Falls.
NUBIA (I) 1879-1889 O.N. 79660
Iron screw steamer, two decks.
321.0' x 34.7' x 22.8' 1236 net, 1958 gross.
Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Yard No. 121 for African Steamship Co., registered London.
2 cyl 36", 66" - 48" by G. Forrester & Co., Liverpool, 188hp, 10 knots.
The first ship of the company to have paasenger accommodation amidships.
1878 9 November, launched.
1879 January, completed.
1896 October, new engines and boilers by D. Rollo & Sons, Liverpool. 3 cyl 22", 36", 60" - 48, 235 nhp.
1899 Sold to Mersey Steamship Co. Ltd. (Leech, Harrison & Forward, Managers, Liverpool. Renamed MOROCCO. Registered Liverpool
1908 December, scrapped Alloa.
Nubia is a tract of country, with no precise limit, in North East Africa, broadly lying between Egypt and the Gezira area.
Also shown, photograph of passengers and officers of NUBIA about 1890. The photograph was taken in the Canary Islands.
With acknowledgements to 'The Elder Dempster Fleet History 1852-1985' by J.E. Cowden.