- two of
their German opponents. In the
first action, on 26
December 1915
Kingani was
damaged and captured,
becoming HMS Fifi. In the second, the
small flotilla...
-
previously been
operated by the
Germans under the name
Kingani named after the
river Kingani.
After a
short career supporting German troop movements...
-
trapped Kingani,
which was
scuttled by the Germans. The
Germans later raised Kingani,
dismounted her gun, and used her as a transport. With
Kingani disarmed...
- December, the
armed German tug
Kingani was
spotted offs****. ****er-Simson took Mimi and
Toutou out on the lake and
captured Kingani after a
brief firefight...
-
mounted a
surprise attack on the Germans, with the
capture of the
gunboat Kingani.
Another German vessel, the Hedwig, was sunk in
February 1916, leaving...
- then
mounted a
surprise attack on the Germans,
capturing the
gunboat Kingani –
renamed HMS Fifi. They sank a
second German vessel,
Hedwig von Wissmann...
-
about 6
kilometres (4 mi) west of Bagamoyo,
defending a
crossing over the
Kingani River. The
German defences of
Bagamoyo included trenches along the s****...
- and by 26
December they
experienced their first action. The
German ship
Kingani was sighted, and the
allied "fleet" gave chase. In the lead of the formation...
-
Hedwig von
Wissmann was more than
twice the size of the now
British manned Kingani (HMS Fifi) ..."
Apparently three African crew killed. See
Battle for Lake...
-
British s**** of Lake Tanganyika. The
British captured the
German ship
Kingani on 26 December,
renamed it HMS Fifi and
accompanied by two
Belgian ships...
