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Manza Bay is a bay in Tanzania. It is on the coast, some 10 miles (16 km) north of the town of Tanga.[1]

Manza Bay
Manza Bay Location in Tanzania
Coordinates	4°56′35″S 39°9′20″E
Ocean/sea sources	Indian Ocean
Basin countries	Tanzania
Max. length	9 km (5.6 mi)
Max. width	8 km (5.0 mi)

History

In the East African campaign of World War I, the Royal Navy protected cruiser HMS Hyacinth attacked and damaged a German auxiliary ship off Manza Bay on 14 April 1915. It was a 3,587 GRT British cargo steamship, Rubens, which the German authorities had seized in Hamburg in 1914. The German Navy had disguised Rubens as the Danish cargo ship Kronborg and sent her to replenish the cruiser SMS Königsberg in the Indian Ocean.[2]

The German crew succeeded in beaching their ship in the bay, salvaged arms and ammunition from Rubens' cargo, and abandoned her. The arms and ammunition helped German land forces in East Africa to continue their campaign against British and Empire forces.[2]

Rubens' cargo also included coal to bunker Königsberg. In 1956 an Italian salvage company repaired Rubens' hull, refloated her, towed her to Dar es Salaam with two tugboats and sold her coal to the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation.[2]

In World War II the Royal Navy laid indicator loops off Manza Bay to defend the coast against German and Japanese submarines.

See also

Historic Swahili Settlements

References

External links

• Royal Navy Harbour Defences – Manza Bay, Tanzania

На других языках

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- [en] Manza Bay

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[ru] Манза (бухта)

Манза[1] — бухта у побережья Танзании, в 16 километрах севернее города Танга.

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