GOETHE
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:29 pm
Built in 1913 by Gebr. Sachsenberg, Cologne for Köln-Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt, Cologne.
Sidewheel passenger steamer, displacement: 522 tons, L:79,20m.(260') B:15,85m. (52') draft:1,50m. (4,92') compound diagonal steam engine:750 hp.
History: Only active sidewheel passenger steamer on the river Rhine, service between Cologne and Mainz. Converted from coal to oil fuel in 1955.
(Burkina Faso 1999, 170 F. StG.?)
Historic Ships, Norman J. Brouwer
Sidewheel passenger steamer, displacement: 522 tons, L:79,20m.(260') B:15,85m. (52') draft:1,50m. (4,92') compound diagonal steam engine:750 hp.
History: Only active sidewheel passenger steamer on the river Rhine, service between Cologne and Mainz. Converted from coal to oil fuel in 1955.
(Burkina Faso 1999, 170 F. StG.?)
Historic Ships, Norman J. Brouwer