The Ulanga was built in sections. The fuselage consisted of six pontoons that could be loaded onto the train and bolted together. The ship was built to be extremely flat in order to be able to sail in the river waters of German East Africa. The Ulanga was named after the Ulanga River in German East Africa. With the current, the stern wheel steamer could reach 7.8 knots, against the current 5.7 knots.
On December 31, 1897, Ulanga was taken over by the colonial administration of German East Africa. She served as a freighter, buoy laying ship and troop transport. In 1917 the Ulanga was still present in the colony. Her further fate is unknown.
literature
Erich Gröner : The German warships 1815-1945 Volume 7, Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1990, pages 220-221
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