World of Ships – May 2018

PADDLE STEAMERS

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This could well be a motto for preserved steamer Kaiser Wilhelm, which

has undertaken an increasing number of long distance trips from a

base at Lauenburg on the lower Elbe. The veteran’s cruising area has

been extended, with a trip upriver to Dresden in September 2015 and

then a visit to the Elbe-Sietenkanal, making use of the 38m ship lift at

Scharnebeck, during 2016. Then Kaiser Wilhelm was in fine fettle for an

epic voyage from Lauenburg to Berlin between 21 and 29 July 2017,

overnighting in Domitz and Havelberg before a third day trip along the

River Havel to Brandenburg and Potsdam, Berlin, where a three-day stay

saw morning and afternoon Wannsee public cruises. Kaiser Wilhelm finally

retraced the outward route with a night in Brandenburg (below)to take

water. All three voyages are captured here by the camera of Myra Allen.

HAVE WHEELS.. .WILL TRAVEL

BLUE WONDER BRIDGE VIEW

During the 2015 visit to Dresden, Kaiser Wilhelm berthed at Loschwitz

in the shadow of the iconic ‘Blue Wonder’ bridge.

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