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PADDLE STEAMERS IN PASSENGER SERVICE
includes motor paddlers converted steam (section 2), screw motor vessels converted from paddle steamers (3) and paddlers built as motor ships (4) in separate sub-sections.
Replicas of historic paddle steamers but built as motor ships are listed separately in (5) and various other side wheel vessels in (6).

Waverley, in the UK, is the world's last sea-going paddle steamer and the only one now offering coastal cruises. All other European paddlers now only operate on large rivers or on lakes with the exceptions of Freya which operates in northern Germany generally keeping to the Kiel Canal and Elbe estuaries and the UK's Kingswear Castle, which itself keeps to the River Dart, which are the only other "salt-water" paddlers. Some paddle steamers are retained in their original fleets, others are now owned and operated by preservation groups. In a number of cases, enthusiasts have restored decommissioned paddle steamers and subcontracted operation back to their original owners. Freya is remarkable in having been bought by a commercial operator many years after she was restored by an enthusiast and operated as part of their fleet.
Photo above: PS Unterwalden (1902) in Luzern in 2016.

Click on the vessel links and the operating company links and sailing area link (if available) for more information. A link is provided, where possible, to the operator's own commercial website

1. PADDLE STEAMERS

Sailing Area : United Kingdom : Firth of Clyde

Operator : Waverley Excursions (website) on behalf of Waverley Steam Navigation Co and the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society
Supporters and owners : Paddle Steamer Preservation Society : (website)
Operates a varied range of full-day cruises from mid June until late August including from her home base at Glasgow and Firth of Clyde piers
Waverley also visits the Inner Hebrides (June), Liverpool & Llandudno (end August), Bristol Channel (September), South Coast (September) and Thames Estuary (Sept/Oct).

Waverley (1947)

Sailing Area : United Kingdom : River Dart

Operator : Dartmouth Steam Railway & Riverboat Company (website) on behalf of Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle Trust and the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society
Supporters and owners : Paddle Steamer Preservation Society : (website)
Operates spring to autumn as part of a larger operation offering a wide range of cruises around Dartmouth and up-river to Totnes and rides on a heritage steam railway

Kingswear Castle (1924)

Switzerland : Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstattersee)

Operator : Schiffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstattersees (SGV) : (website)
Supporters : Dampferfreunde Vierwaldstattersee (website)
SGV operates a wide range of year-round services. Paddle Steamers operate Spring to Autumn with extra services in summer and some services at Christmas/New Year

Uri (1901)
Unterwalden (1902)
Schiller (1906)
Gallia (1913)
Stadt Luzern (1927)

Switzerland : Lake Geneva (Lac Leman)

Operator : Compagnie General de Navigation sur le Lac Leman (CGN) : (website)
Supporters : Association des Amis des Bateaux a Vapeur du Leman : (website)
GGN operates a wide range of year-round services and cross-lake commuter services. Paddle Steamers operate Spring to Autumn with extra services in summer
CGN also operates two paddlers converted to diesel-electric drive on year-round services (Vevey and Italie) and hold one in store for possible future restoration (Helvetie).
Montreux was converted to diesel in time for the 1961 season but was converted back with a new-build diagonal steam engine, reappearing in 2001.

Montreux (1904)
La Suisse (1910)
Savoie (1914)
Simplon (1920)
Rhone (1927)

Rhone is currently undergoing major renovation and is expected back in service in late 2021

Switzerland : Lake Thun (Thunersee)

Operator : Schiffsbetrieb BLS : (website)
Supporters : Freunde der Dampfschifffahrt Thuner- und Brienzersee : (website)
Paddle steamer normally makes two daily return trips from Thun to Interlaken West from spring to autumn and is in service over Christmas / New Year

Blumlisalp (1906)

Switzerland : Lake Brienz (Brienzersee) : (photos)

Operator : Schiffsbetrieb BLS : (website)
Supporters : Freunde der Dampfschifffahrt Thuner- und Brienzersee : (website)
Paddle Steamer usually makes one daily return trip from Interlaken-Ost to Brienz from spring to autumn

Lotschberg (1914)

Switzerland : Lake Zurich (Zurichsee)
Operator : Zurichsee-Schiffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) : (website)
Supporters : Aktion pro Raddampfer Zurich : (website)
Regular trips around Lake Zurich from Zurich to Rapperswil with frequent stops. Paddlers in summer service as part of year-round public transport network

Stadt Zurich (1909)
Stadt Rapperswil (1914)

Switzerland : Lakes of Neuchatel and Morat

Operators Navigation Lacs de Neuchatel et Morat SA : (website)
Supporters and owners : Trivapor : (website)
A recent restoration and re-engineing of a ship decommissioned in 1969 ship by an enthusiast group,
Neuchatel is operated by the local shipping operator as part of their published timetable

Neuchatel (1912)

Italy : Lake Como (Lario)

Operators : Navigazione Lago di Como (NLC) : (website)
Paddle steamer operates a very limited summer schedule as part of the NLC timetabled services

Concordia (1927)

Note : Paddle Steamer Patria (1926) is currently out of service but under restoration

Italy : Lake Maggiore

Operators : Navigazione Lago di Maggiore - NLM : (website)
Vessel very rarely in service and usually only on infrequent charters

Piemonte (1904)

Germany : River Elbe, Saxony

Operators : Kulturerbe Dampfschiffe Dresden GmbH (a subsidiary of Weisse Flotte Dresden GmbH) : (website)
Paddle Steamers operate the majority of spring to autumn services on the Elbe, from Dresden downstream to Meissen and upstream to Bad Schandau
Occasional special trips are operated beyond Bad Schandau to Decin and Litomerice in Czechia

Stadt Wehlen (1879)
Diesbar (1884)
Meissen (1885)
Krippen (1886)
Pillnitz (1892)
Kurort Rathen (1896)
Pirna (1898)
Dresden (1926)
Leipzig (1929)

Germany : River Elbe, Schleswig-Holstein

Operators : Lauenburger Elbeschiffahrtsmuseums e.V. : (website)
Owned by a museum society, the vessels operates a range of trips on the River Elbe, based at Lauenburg. Occasionally sails to other areas.

Kaiser Wilhelm (1900)

Germany : Kiel Canal, Schleswig-Holstein

Operators : Adler-Schiffe Gmbh & Co, KG. : (website)
Adler owns a large fleet. Freya operates on the Kiel Canal mainly between Kiel and Rendsburg with occasional visits to Brunsbuttel, Laboe, Rostock and Hamburg

Freya (1905)

Austria : Traunsee

Operators : Traunseeschiffahrt Karlheinz Eder GmbH : (website)
Owners : Friends of the City of Gmunden
Operated by the local tourist boat company on Sundays in July and August. Available for charters and events, otherwise moored at Gmunden

Gisela (1871)

Austria : River Danube (based at Linz)

Operators : Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Eisenbahn Geschichte - OGEG : (website)
Owned and operated by the Austrian Railway History Society and operated entirely by unpaid volunteers
Operated day trips from Linz on many weekends and also undertakes various special trips on occasion

Schonbrunn (1913)

Austria : Lake Constance (Bodensee)

Operators : Hohentwiel Schifffahrtsgesellschaft mbH, trading as Historische Schifffahrt Bodensee : (website)
Owners and Supporters : Verein Internationale Schifffahrts-Museum Bodensee eV : (website)
Operates cruises around the international Lake Constance offering cruises with a strong emphasis on high-quality dining
The company markets both Hohentwiel and the historic motor ship Osterreich which is now owned by a separate preservation society

Hohentwiel (1913)

Netherlands : Rotterdam

Owners and operators : Constant in Beweging : https://constantinbeweging.nl/
Used for dinner cruises and charter hospitality events primarily from her Rotterdam pier at Maasboulevard or as required elsewhere

De Majesteit (1926)

Czech Republic : River Vltava, Prague

Operators : Prazska Paroplavebni Spolecnost as (PPS) trading as Prague Boats : (website)
Operates short cruises from central Prague and longer trips upstream to the Slapy Dam. occasional full day trips downstream to Melnik are offered

Vltava (1941)

Operators : Vodni Zasilatelstvi Kedrst (VZK)
Captain Kedrst built the small Sirius in 2010 for local round trips in Prague in association his other motor vessels

Sirius (2010)

Czech Republic : River Labe, Decin

Operator : Labska Plavebni Spolecnost : (website)
Bought from Bremen owners in 2022, sailing from the Weser to the Elbe in April 2022

Labe-Elbe (1949)

Norway : Lake Mjosa

Operator : A/S Oplandske Dampskibsselskab : (website)
Operates a short summer season of cruises from Hamar, Lillehammer or Eidsvoll, depending on the day. Cruises are often single, requiring a return by rail

Skibladner (1856)

Denmark : Silkeborg and Himmelbjerget

Operators : A/S Hjejlen : (website)
Services from Sikleborg through low-lying lakes to view Himmelbjerget, the highest point in Denmark

Hjejlen (1861)

Romania : River Danube

Operators : Ministry of Education and Heritage
Operates short cruises for children out of the port of Braila and is available for charter
** Believed to be out of service due to the shortage of and high cost of crew

Borcea (1914)

Operators : Compania de Navigatie Fluviale Romana Navrom (CNFR)
Services : unknown. last reported to be used for conferences for government agencies and also available for charter

Tudor Vladimirescu (1854)

Egypt : River Nile

Sudan (1921)

Karim (1917) * Stern quarter-wheel steamer

Canada : Lake Ontario

Trillium (1910) * As of September 2025, Trillium is out of service having been towed to a shipyard at Hamilton and laid up. Her future is under review by the city of Toronto authorities

New Zealand : River Whanganui

Waimarie (1889)

Australia

There are a number of paddle steamers in Australia

Click here for more details

CABIN CRUISE VESSEL

Although many Danube paddle steamers, including Schonbrunn (see above) were fitted with limited overnight accommodation, Russian river ships have traditionally had considerable cabin accommodation and were originally used for passenger and some freight transport over long distances in remoter parts of northern Russia and Siberia. One paddle steamer is believed to survive on these runs

Russia : River Dvina at Archangelsk

Operators : Pomor Tours : (website)
Offers occasional three and seven-night tours from Archagelsk

N V Gogol (1911)

REPLICA PADDLE STEAMER

A number of paddlers have been built to replicate historical vessels. Although most have been given modern diesel engines (see below), one was fitted with a steam engine also built to replicate the original

Sweden : Forsvik

Original operators : Foreningen Forsviks varv
Offered ccasional summer trips and charters in the river and lake systems of south eastern Sweden, based at Forsvik
The ship is a modern reconstruction of a traditional ship of 1836 whick sank in a storm on Lake Vattern in 1856
Note : 2022 : Ship up for sale : https://shipsforsale.com/en/ships-en/shipid/1195/passenger-ships_7_eric-nordevall-ii

Erik Nordevall II (2011)

Small Paddle Steamers (up to 12 passenger capacity)

United Kingdom	Heron
United Kingdom	Autumn Breeze	Located on the Norfolk Broads	Click here
United Kingdom	L'Aigle	Built by Peter Shott. 14 feet x 5 ft 6 in. Simple expansion, three cylinder diagonal engine
United Kingdom	Walkin' Belle	Owned by L Spencer on Thames. 17 ft 6 in x 6 ft 6 in. 2-cylinder walking beam engine
United Kingdom	Firecrest	Built by D Garrick at Sleaford in 1972/3. 15 ft 3 in x 5 ft 10 in.
Switzerland	Liberty Belle	Owned by Beat and Martha Bolzern of Emmenbrucke. Transportable by road	Click here
Switzerland	Waldstaetter	Built in 2007. Based on Lake Lucerne but can be transported elsewhere and has sailed on Italian Lakes
Netherlands	De Jonge Wachter	Based at the De Wachter Mill Museum at Zuidlaren which has numerous steam engines in store and display, this small paddle steamer (10 m long with single cylinder engine dating from around 1920) was built by enthusiasts and entered service in 2003	Click here
Czech Republic	Hrebeny	Based on River Vltava near Prague

2. MOTOR PADDLE VESSELS (CONVERTED FROM STEAM)

Goethe (seen on the Rine in 2017 above) is one of a number of paddlers which have been converted from steam to diesel operation, normally as an economy measure and especially if major work was required, such as a boiler replacement. In Goethe's case, there were fears about a hairline crack in the engine's entablature. Few paddle steamers have been so converted. The pioneer was Lake Geneva's Geneve in 1934 which used electric transmission. Three further vessels on Lake Geneva were converted and electric transmission also used. More frquently, hydraulic transmission has been adopted. Kaiser Franz Josef I has a geared drive.

Switzerland : Lake Geneva (Lac Leman)

Operator : Compagnie General de Navigation sur le Lac Leman (CGN) : (website)
The CGN operates five genuine historical paddle steamers (see above) as well as numerous motor vessels
Diesel-electic paddle vessels Vevey and Italie have been renovated and re-engined recently and due to their economy operate in year-round service

Vevey (1907, converted in 1956)
Italie (1908, converted in 1958)

Helvetie (1926, converted in 1977)
Helvetie has been out of service since early 2002 but is maintained at the GCN dockyard at Lausanne-Ouchy. It is hoped that she can be returned to service in the future

Germany : River Rhein

Operator : KD - Koln-Dusseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt : (website)

Goethe was the last in a long line of paddle steamers operated by the KD company in its earlier guises and remains on the flagship "Nostalgia Route" from Koblenz to Rudesheim
She sails for spring until Autumn

Goethe (1913, converted in 2008)

Germany : Chiemsee, Bavaria

Operator : Chiemsee Schiffahrt Ludwig Fessler : (website)
Serves as part of a small fleet on the Chiemsee in south-east Bavaria which features the magnificent palace of Herrenchiemsee on an island in the lake

Ludwig Fessler (1926, converted in 1973)

Ludwig Fessler's engine had been saved and was eventually used to re-engine PS Neuchatel (see steamers above)

Austria : Wolfgangsee

Operators : Salzkammergutbahn GmbH : (website)
Operates as part of the scheduled public lake timetable

Kaiser Franz Josef I (1872, converted in 1954)

Italy : Lake Garda (Lago di Garda)

Operators : Navigazione Lago di Garda (NLG) : (website)
Thre paddlers get limited summer use as part of the operator's scheduled public timetable

G Zanardelli (1903, converted in 1983)
Italia (1909, converted in 1980)

Netherlands : Amsterdam

Operators : (website)
Available for charter for corporate or social events and can be chartered as floating accommodation anywhere accessible in the Netherlands water system

Kapitein Anna (1911, converted in 1977)

Bulgaria : River Danube at Kozloduy

Operators : Kozloduy Museum (website)
Maintained in operational condition for occasional educational trips but otherwise serves as a museum celebrating the life of independence fighter Hristo Botev

Radetzky (1954, converted in 1993)

Converted from a Soviet 732 Series tug and rebuilt in 1966 to approximate the appearance of Austrian passenger ship Radetsky of 1861 and used by Botev in 1866 in his insurrection against Ottoman Turkish rule

Ukraine : River Dnepr at Kiev

Operators :
SAILING STATUS UNCERTAIN
Based in Kiev with 31 hotel rooms available. Could be hired for corporate and private events and can sail on charter in the summer months

Bogdan Khmelnitskiy (1954, converted in 2004)

One of the numerous Soviet Project 737 river paddlers, but built at Budapest, Hungary. sailed in the Soviet Ukraine on the Dneipr until 1976. Rebuilt with new motor engines after extensive fire damage

Egypt : River Nile

Andrea Manasterly

Bangladesh : Padma River, Dhaka

Operators : River and Green Tours : Website

Mahsud (1929)

Australia

There are a number of converted paddle vessels in Australia

Click here for more details

3. MOTOR SCREW VESSELS (CONVERTED FROM PADDLE STEAM)

Above : The operators of steamers on Italy's Lake Como embarked on a modernisation programme in 1926 which saw the 1904-built paddle steamer Milano converted to a more modern and economical method of propulsion, Her lines as a paddle steamer are clear and from a distance her sponsons might suggest that she was still a paddle steamer.

Italy : Lake Como

Operators : Navigazione Lago di Como (NLC) : (website)

Milano (1904, converted 1926)

Canada : Lake Muskoga, Ontario

Operators : Muskoka Lakes Navigation Co

Segwun (1887, converted 1924)

India : River Hooghly, Kolkata

The Bengal Paddle (ex-Bhopal)
Note : Parts of the steam engine are retained for display. The paddles turn but are not method of propulsion

EGYPT : The Egyptian Navy owns and on occasion operates the turbine steam-powered and screw-propelled yacht El Mahrousa which was built as a paddle steamer in 1865 and converted in 1905. It is generally used for state occasions and by the Egyptian President and not for public cruises.

4. PADDLE SHIPS BUILT AS MOTOR VESSELS

Very few paddle propelled ships were built as diesel-engined. Although the latter was generally proving itself to be highly economical compared with steam, this coincided with the transition from paddle propulsion to screw whether fixed or variable-pitch and other innovative methods such as the Voith-Schneider system developed in the late 1920s. In Europe the Clyde ferry and excursion ship Talisman of 1935 pioneered a diesel arrangement with an electric motor mounted directly on the paddle shaft. This remained a unique set up for a paddler. The Austrian DDSG company, then part of the German Reich, built two innovative diesel paddlers with electric transmission for service on the Danube. These were very successful and survive today but were the last built with paddles. In East Germany four new diesel-electric paddlers were built in the 1960s but were surprisingly withdrawn in the early 1990s are their operators concentrated on their historical paddle steamer fleet, replacing them with two larger motor vessels more suitable for revenue-earning by hosting large events.

In more recent years with the surviving paddle steamers valued in their own right as part of "heritage", thoughts turned to whether paddles could be combined with motors to create ships which looked the part and might be particularly attractive for tourists. The operators on the Ammersee in Bavaria thought so and introduced the modern but traditional-looking vessel Herrsching in 2002 and quickly followed it by their Diessen which replaced a life-expired paddler which had operated as a motor vessel in its later life. These paddlers remain exceptions in that they are deliberately modern but with inspiration from the past. Other side-wheel paddlers have been built in recent times either to project an image of being "traditional" or even being close replicas of actual historical vessels.

Once diesel power became widely available for excusion ships in the late 1920s, new ships around most of Europe were screw-driven. Only on the Clyde in the UK did the London & North Eastern Railway experiment with diesel electric drive for their paddler Talisman of 1935, one year after Lake Geneva had so converted their paddle steamer Geneve. The experiment was not repeated although a number of screw-ships in Scottish waters received diesel-electric drives in the 1930s, with MV Lochfyne being a pioneer in 193.1

The Austrian DDSG's Stadt Wien and Stadt Passau (now Grof Szechenyi) of 1939 and 1940, with geared diesel drives, were unusual and unique. There were no further new-builds until the modern era when "paddle steamers" had become popular from a heritage aspect and replica or heritage-styled vessels came in demand, but the costs associated with obsolete steam power were deemed unacceptable. Elias Lonnrot (1986) which replicated an older steamer was an early example of a side-wheeler, whilst "Mississippi-style" sternwheelers became popular as novelty vessels. Diesels were chosen for the brand new Herrsching (2002, see photo taken in 2003, above) on Germany's Ammersee.

MPV Stadt Wien and Grof Szechenyi have cabins for overnight accommodation but these ships are no longer used on their original long-distance services on the Danube and these are not used in service.

Hungary : River Danube

Operated by : Europa Event Agency (operators of the motor vessel Europa)
Although in operable condition, she has been used as a restaurant ship in Budapest since February 2024, marketed as the Old Ship Restaurant (Ven Hajo Etterem)

Stadt Wien (1939 : Electric transmission)

Hungary : River Danube

Operated by : Greenhill Rendezvenyiroda Zrl
Based at Budapest and available for charter sailings for corporate and private events.No public sailings

Grof Szechenyi (1940 : Electric transmission)

Germany : Ammersee

Operator : Bayerische Seenschifffahrt GmbH : (website)

Herrsching (2002 : Hydraulic transmission)

Diessen (2006 : Hydraulic transmission)

France : River Loire (at Nantes)

Loire Princesse (2015, geared transmission) : River Cruise vessel for cruise holidays with luxury accommodation

Australia

There are a number of motor paddle vessels in Australia : Click here for more details

New Zealand Click here for more details

5. REPLICA VESSELS BUILT AS MOTOR VESSELS

Note : These are designed to be close visual replicas of historical vessels

France : River Loire at Orleans

Operated by : Mairie d'Orleans (Orleans City Hall)
Built in 2007 (by Delavergne shipyard at Avrille in the Vendee region) for the city of Orleans this vessel is a reasonable visual replica of the original vessel of this name built in 1837. It is unclear how often the ship sails, but it is a major attraction when it is in operation during the biennial Festial of the Loire at Orleans when many river boats take part in public celebrations. Otherwise she is open as a bar and restaurant in central Orleans

Inexplosible No 22 (2007)

Hungary : River Danube, Budapest

Short cruises on the danube in Budapest : https://dunacruises.com/en/historical

Hableany (2007)
Modern motor ship representing a paddle steamer (Hableany) of 1866, built by Odon Szechenyi ostensibly to demonstrate Hungarian shipping by sailing to paris for the 167 via European waterways in what became a 43-day voyage. The ship remained in France and during the Franco-Prussian war was used by the military on the Rhine. Siezed by the vistorious Germans in 1871 she was converted to a passenger ship, sailing until 1874 when she sank after a boiler explosion

Kisfaludy (2014)
A recent reconstruction of a historical paddler of the same name from Lake Balaton which sailed from 1849, the new build closely resembles it predecessor although has an enclosed saloon aft. The original was ordered by Istvan Szechenyi, the famous Hungarian statesman. The paddles are powered individually by electric motor and there is a Deutz diesel-powered auxiliary screw aft. On June 22nd, the vessel left Lake Balaton and sailed to the Danube where she took up short river cruises at Budapest.

Finland : Lake Keuresselka

Operated by : Keurusselan Laivamatkat KY :
Summer weekday services from Keuruu to Keurusselka Hotel and to the town of Mantta on Sundays : (information)

Elias Lonnrot (1986)

This is a modern replica of a ship of the same name originally built in 1865

6. OTHER SIDE-WHEEL MOTOR VESSELS

France : Disneyland Paris

Operated by Disney
Very short trips of around 20 minutes through an artificial lagoon with riverbank attractions in the Disney fun park. Runs on a guided rail.
She is diesel-electric powered but has a replica traditional steam beam engine aboard which, although not providing the motive power itself, moves with electrical power to simulate a real steamship
The vessel's design is inspired by that of historical Mississippi side-wheelers but not any one specific vessel

Molly Brown (1992)

Canada : Dawson City, Yukon

Built in 2005 by the Eagle Boat Company at Eagle (Alaska, USA) : Dimemsions : 88 ft x 18 ft.

Website

Klondike Spirit (2005)

USA : Boston

Lexington

Owned by the Charles Riverboat Company, she operates Boston Harbour and Charles River tours. Independently powered paddles.

Poland : River Vistula (at Warsaw) : Former motor tug converted for passenger use

Lubecki

Germany
River Harle	Concordia II	2000	Length : 14.4 m, Breadth : 5.7 m. Diesel-hydraulic independently powered paddle wheels.This 100-passenger capacity motor paddler is owned by the Reederei Albrecht and runs on the river Harle between Carolinensiel and Harlesiel, close to the German North Sea coast in Friesland. Maximum speed is 15 km/h at 60 revolutions	Website
Poland
River Wisla, Warsaw	Gloria Mechanica	2015	Built and owned by Zbigniew Selerowicz. . Length 14.6 m, Breadth 3.2 / 5.0 m. Engine - 136 HP (by Mercedes). Hydraulic drive. Launched 6/6/15. Made her inaugural trip from Plock to Warsaw in August 2015

Australian Motor paddler vessels

Small Motor Paddlers

The attraction of "paddles" for tourist boats is recognised although this has primarily been for stern-wheels (Mississippi-style". However, some small excursion boats have been built with side wheels, whether as the main source of propulsion or ancilliary to a screw. These small vessels provide a useful service for tourists wishing short trips, for example on a river in a city centre and are out of scope of this database, but vessels for which there are photos in the webmaster's collection are included

SIGHTSEEING BOATS
	Monarch	Built in 1994 as a paddle steamer. Latterly offered short commercial trips on the River Frome at Wareham in Dorset (UK). In December 2021 it was reported that the vessel had been sold for use possibly in Ireland. Following boiler issues she was reported as to be converted to electric operation and was taken out of the water at Ridge, Dorset in the summer of 2022. The Irish project fell through and the ship remains up for sale (early 2023)
Prague, Czech Republic	Elbis
Krakow, Poland	Legenda
FERRIES
Nieszawa, Poland	Nieszawa	Modern side-wheel car ferry crossing the Wisla (Vistula) at Nieszawa, crossing to Stare Rybitwy
Gozdowice, Poland	Bez Granik	Modern side wheel car ferry crossing the river Oder between Gozdowice (PL) and Gustebieser Loose (DE)

- Very small motor paddlers primarily for private use

Yaroslavl, Russia	Aksenovy	Built by private businessman Yuri Litnitsky. Powered by a tractor motor engine. Capacity - 12
Marburg, Germany	Landgrafin Amalie	Built privately by Ralf Schneider, completed in 2015
Blois, France	L'Arroux	Based at Blois on the Loire this 8 m long wooden paddler with wooden side wheels was built in 2008 by the Marine de Loire historical group, loosely based on the design of the (larger) Inexplosible No 21 which operated on the Loire from the late 1830s. Her wheels are turned by an oil-hydraulic mechanism powered by an old Citroen 2cv motor.
Kassel, Germany	Kaiser Wilhelm	Small paddler built by Dieter Drubel loosely replicating in miniature form the Elbe steamer Kaiser Wilhelm Completed in 2015, it is 6.3 m long by 1.8 m in breadth with a draught of 0.85 m. A 8 horse power diesel motor can driv her at up to 10 km/h

MOCK SIDEWHEELERS

There are numerous vessels built to look like sidewheelers but the propulsion is provided entirely by screws

Japan : Huis Ten Bosch Park, Sasebo

Kanko Maru
The first steam powered vessel in the Japanese navy was a gift from the King of the Netherlands in 1855. Originally the Dutch ship Soembing (1852), she survived until 1876. A replica was built in 1987 in the Netherlands to feature at a Dutch-inspired theme park at Sasebo and offer short coastal cruises for up to three hundred passengers. Although authentic in appearance, with paddles, she is powered by diesel and propelled by screws.

BIBLIOGRAPHY & REFERENCES

The essential reference book for Paddle Steamer enthusiasts is:

Paddle Steamers in the 1990s
By Russell Plummer
Published 1994 by GMS Enterprises, 67 Pyhill, Bretton, Peterborough, England Tel (0)1733-265123
IBSN 1 870384 27 X
This book gives extensive details of all known paddlers remaining in Europe, including motor powered paddlers - at the time of publishing (1994)

Also the following which also includes screw steamers and diesel conversions, including those in static roles (valid in 1988)

Steam Ships of Europe
by Alistair Deayton
Published in 1988 by Conway Maritime press Ltd, 24 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London EC4Y 8DR
ISBN 0 81577 478 4

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