KRONPRINZ paddle steamer 1839

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The year 1890 on the stamp is not correct, she was built much earlier.
1839 Built on the yard of Escher, Wyss & Co., Rohrschaft, for the Württembergische Bodensee-Dampschiffahrtschaft.
15 May 1839 launched under the name KRONPRINZ.
Tonnage 136.7 displacement, dim. 41.3 x 5.3 x 2.6m., beam over the paddle boxes 10.7m.
One 2-cyl wood-fired steam engine 50 ihp., speed 15 km.

1854 Transferred to Königliche Württembergische Staatseisen Bahn.
1864 Renamed in KÖNING KARL.
1870 The wood fired steam engine was replaced by a coal fired compound engine, 200 ihp., speed 21 km.
1885 Reboilered.
1890 Renamed in WÜRTTEMBERG.
1904 Scrapped.

St Thomas & Prince 1984 7d sg?, scott 754c.

Source. Navicula.