Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Lake Bangweulu, Lake Kariba, Lake Mweru, Lake Mweru Wantipa, Lake Tanganyika, Kariba Dam, Bujumbura, Battle for Lake Tanganyika, HMS Fifi, Henry Morton Stanley's first trans-Africa exploration, Gombe Stream National Park, Luapula River, Water transport in Zambia, MV Liemba, Platythelphusa, Kariba, Zimbabwe, Chiengi, Ujiji, Nsumbu National Park, Ruzizi River, Tanzania Ports Authority, Lake Kashiba, Bangweulu Wetlands ecosystem, Uvira, Livingstone-Stanley Monument, Chilubi, Lualaba River, Kariba Gorge, Kalambo Falls, Mofwe Lagoon, Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa, Chambeshi River, Lake Ishiba Ng'andu, Mweru Wantipa National Park, Munyati River, Samfya, Kalambo River, Nchelenge, Ectodini, Kashikishi, Luvua River, Mulungushi Dam, Malagarasi River, Kalungwishi River, Isokwe, Kilwa Island, Tanganyika District, List of lakes in Zambia, Mwenga. Excerpt: The Battle for Lake Tanganyika was a series of naval engagements that took place between elements of the Royal Navy, Force Publique and the Kaiserliche Marine between December 1915 and February 1916, during the First World War. The intention was to secure control of the strategically important Lake Tanganyika, which had been dominated by German naval units since the beginning of the war. The British forces-consisting of two motor boats named HMS Mimi and Toutou-were under the command of the eccentric Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson. The boats were transported to South Africa and from there by railway, by river, and by being dragged through the African jungle, to the lake. In two short engagements the small motor boats attacked and defeated two of their German opponents. In the first action, on 26 December 1915 the Kingani was damaged and captured, becoming HMS Fifi. In the second, the small flotilla overwhelmed and sank the Hedwig von Wi...