Did you know an entire ship was unboxed?
In 1915 the German colony in East Africa received a shipment of 5,000 crates; inside were the components for a whole 1,500 ton steamship, the SS Graf von Goetzen. Today known as the MV Liemba, this incredible ship still sails lake Tanganyika in Africa. This is the insane true story of the Graf von Goetzen.
Ship engineering history documentary
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0:00 Introduction
0:52 Colonial ambitions
2:11 Building the von Goetzen
5:06 War
Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s great ocean liners – from Titanic to Queen Mary but not forgetting the likes of Empress of Ireland or Chusan. Join Mike Brady as he uncovers the myths, explains the timelines, logistics and deep dives into the lives of the people and ocean liner ships that we all know and love.
Accralate - The Dark Contenent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Allada by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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