paddlesteamers.info : The Internet's leading database of
Paddle Steamers past and present
Tudor
Vladimirescu (ex- Grigore Manu)
River
Danube : Romania
Above: Tudor Vladimirescu at Galati in 2009, shown by kind
courtesy of Cristian Munteanu
Built in 1854 at Budapest, Hungary
Engines: Twin, oscillating, built by Escher, Wyss of Zurich, Switzerland,
compounded in 1867
Length: 65.8 metres
Built for the
DDSG as a tug and named Croatia
Renamed Sarmisegetuza when transferred to Romania in 1918 as part
of the World War I reparations settlement
Rebuilt as a passenger vessel , sailing primarily between Braila and
Sulina
Renamed Grigore Manu in 1923
Renamed Tudor Vladimirescu in the wake of the post-World War II
Communist takeover
Extensively rebuilt (new bridge and superstructure) at the Orsova
Shipyard in 1958
In later years she was used for cruises in the Danube delta
Laid up in the late 1980s and moored at Galati then Chiciu
At the Galati Damen Shipyard from 2000, with plans for her
restoration stalled through lack of funds
Emerged substantially rebuilt and in operational condition in August
2003. Converted to burn marine gas oil
Not thought to be in regular service, but available for charter, especially
for corporate and government use
Internet
Link
Danube
Research.com : Vessel History and photos
Return
to
Operational Paddle
Steamers
