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Name: CANHAM (Capt.)

Birth Date: ?1846

First Date: 1876

Area: Mombasa

Book Reference: UJ

General Information:

Uganda Journal - Vol 25, p. 43 - CMS Boats in East Africa by H.B. Thomas - ….. The 'Highland Lassie' under her European crew, Captain Canham with Harry Hartnoll as mate, eventually reached Zanzibar on 20 June [1876] "in excellent condition". For some years she acted as CMS despatch boat between Mombasa and Zanzibar. But she gave increasing trouble - she was underpowered for monsoon weather. By September 1881 she was reported to be unseaworthy and was converted into a coal hulk off Frere Town.

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