MV Bukoba was a Lake Victoria ferry that carried passengers and cargo between the Tanzanian ports of Bukoba and Mwanza. Bukoba was built in about 1979 and had capacity for 850 tons of cargo and 430 passengers.[1]
On 21 May 1996 Bukoba sank 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Mwanza in 25 metres (14 fathoms) of water, with the loss of up to 1,000 passengers.[1]
SinkingEdit
The manifest for her final voyage showed 443 passengers in her first and second class cabins, but her cheaper third class accommodation had no manifest.[1] Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, who was then second in command of Al Qaeda, died in the disaster..