World of Ships – May 2018

PADDLE STEAMERS Paddle Steamers I World of Ships I 41 CONTENTS STADT WEHLEN BUILT 1879 by Werft Blasewitz, Dresden MACHINERY Two ...

42 I World of Ships I Paddle Steamers Laubegast Yard when a new narrow forward saloon was created while the after saloon was ext ...

PADDLE STEAMERS Paddle Steamers I World of Ships I 43 than 60 years until becoming the fleet’s third Kurort Rathen in 1956. Comp ...

44 I World of Ships I Paddle Steamers LEIPZIG BUILT 1929 by Werft Blasewitz, Dresden MACHINERY Two-cylinder compound diagonal en ...

PADDLE STEAMERS Paddle Steamers I World of Ships I 45 This could well be a motto for preserved steamer Kaiser Wilhelm, which has ...

46 I World of Ships I Paddle Steamers Kaiser Wilhelm made an extended trip to Berlin in July 2017 and is, above left, moored at ...

PADDLE STEAMERS Paddle Steamers I World of Ships I 47 THE KAISER GETS A LIFT Kaiser Wilhelm sailed via the Elbe- Sietenkanal usi ...

48 I World of Ships I Paddle Steamers KAISER WILHELM OWNER Lauenburg Elbeschiffahrtsmuseums BUILT 1900 by Dresdner Maschienbau a ...

PADDLE STEAMERS Paddle Steamers I World of Ships I 49 ABOVE Always impressively turned out, Kaiser Wilhelm’s forward and main af ...

ABOVE Lake Geneva veteran Vevey has been part of the scenery on Switzland’s largest lake since 1904 and became the third paddler ...

PADDLE STEAMERS Paddle Steamers I World of Ships I 51 07 Paddlers_Germany_NL.indd 51 17/04/2018 12:09 ...

52 I World of Ships I Paddle Steamers RIVER RHINE While the Danube and several Russian rivers are longer than the Rhine, none ca ...

PADDLE STEAMERS Paddle Steamers I World of Ships I 53 in the restoration of a traditional outward appearance. The work was under ...

54 I World of Ships I Paddle Steamers AMMERSEE The Ammersee is a 15km lake in southern Bavaria which is up to 6km wide at its wi ...

PADDLE STEAMERS Paddle Steamers I World of Ships I 55 diesel engines, the original machinery and one paddle wheel going to a mus ...

56 I World of Ships I Paddle Steamers Fessler, from Regensburg-based builder Theodor Hitzler. She was assembled on the lakeside ...

PADDLE STEAMERS Paddle Steamers I World of Ships I 57 An aerial view with Hohentweil’s deck canopies in place. BODENSEE The last ...

58 I World of Ships I Paddle Steamers CHAPTER EIGHT HUNGARY H ungary can lay claim to producing the River Danube’s first steam v ...

PADDLE STEAMERS Paddle Steamers I World of Ships I 59 Further work in 1965 included the replacement of the original coal-fired b ...

TALK OF MEDWAY PADDLER OFFER 60 I World of Ships I Paddle Steamers KISFALUDY BUILT 2014-15 in Szeged and completed near Siofok. ...