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The old stern-wheel river gunboat Tete makes a delightful picture on the 3 escudos stamp of Mozambique, where she is shown chugging along the Zambesi River. Built by Yarrow in 1904, her displacement was 70 tons, and she was armed with two 3-pounder and three 1-pounder guns. She was replaced in 1920 by the Yarrow-built gunboat of the same name, completed in 1918 and taken out, in parts, to the Zambesi for reassembly. SG592

08 December 1903 launched.
70 tons, dim. 60 x 14ft.
Sternwheeler.

Destroyed by an explosion on board in February 1917 on the Zambezi River.

Source Historical Sketches of Watercraft on Stamps Vol. 5.