STADT VÖCKLABRUCK inland passenger ship

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For the 100th Anniversary of the Attersee-Schifffahrt, Austria issued two stamps of which the 62 Euro stamp depict the inland passenger ship STADT VÖCKLABRUCK.

Built as an inland passenger ship under yard No 275 by the yard of Theodor Hitzler at Regensburg, Germany for the Bayerischen Lloyd Regensburg.
Launched as the LUDWIG DER KELHEIMER
Dim. 35.70 x 5.30 m.
Powered by one diesel engine 199kW (270 hp).
Accommodation for 400 passengers.
1977 Delivered to owners.

April 1979 sold to Vereinigte Schifffarthsunternehmen Kelheim (VSK) and in the same year in July sold to Stern & Hafferl at Attersee, Austria and renamed STADT VÖCKLABRUCK.

Used for round trips on Lake Attersee.

2013 In service.

Austria 2013 62 Euro sg?, scott?

Source: Internet.