GUILLAUME TELL paddle steamer

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She was built as a paddle steamer by the shipyard of Mauriac in Bordeaux for Mr. Edward Church.
Launched in 1823 as the GUILLAUME TELL.
Dim. 23 x 4.6 m.
Powered by a steam engine of 12hp.?, (most probably nhp.) maximum speed of 7 knots.
Passenger accommodation 200.
28 May 1823 completed.
Under the flag of Switzerland,

The GUILLAUME TELL ( WILHELM TELL ) was the first steamship to sail on Lake Geneva and also the first steamship in Switzerland.
The American Consul in France Edward Church visited Lake Geneva in 1822. Since he realized that no steamboats were used there, he decided to operate a steamboat line here. He applied to the Canton of Vaud and the Canton of Geneva for a license to use a steamship on Lake Geneva. When permission was granted, he had a wooden ship built by Mauriac in Bordeaux, which he fitted with a Liverpool steam engine and boiler.

On May 28, 1823, the ship was completed, and on June 18, the maiden voyage on Lake Geneva took place. On July 1, 1823, the ship started the regular service from Geneva to Ouchy. This route took about 6 hours. In 1824 Edward Church sold the GUILLAUME TELL to the newly formed Société du Bateaux à Vapeur le Guillaume-Tell. In the same year, the paddle steamer got competition from the WINKELREID..
The GUILLAUME TELL was already obsolete in 1836 and was decommissioned. In the same year, she was scrapped.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume ... iff,_1823)

The Swiss Post gives:
On 18 June 1823, the GUILLAUME TELL, Switzerland’s first steamboat, set off on its maiden voyage across Lake Geneva, heralding the start of a new machine age. There are hardly any images of the ship, but 200 years later, we do now have a stamp in a special format. Measuring 80 × 33 millimeters, the special stamp shows a historical milestone for which there are no photos and very few drawings: the GUILLAUME TELL, Switzerland’s first steamboat. With a view to creating a retrospective for the anniversary, a dark special color was chosen for the illustration. Almost as if it was designed all those years ago. Back then, the GUILLAUME TELL plied its trade between Geneva and Lausanne. While it was mainly used to transport goods on weekdays, passengers were also welcomed on board at weekends. The success of the paddle steamer gave impetus to local industrialization. Despite initial skepticism, people soon realized that if something works in the water, it can also be used on land. And so the use of steam engine technology soon made its way into industry and rail transport, accelerating Switzerland’s development.


When the US consul to France, Edward Church, arrived in Geneva, he was amazed to find that there were no steamboats in service on the lake. He obtained a concession to initiate such a service from the Cantons of Vaud and Geneva and ordered a wooden hull to be built by Mauriac in Bordeaux, plus an engine and boiler from Liverpool. On Wednesday 28th May 1823, the GUILLAUME TELL INKELRIEDthe first steamer on Lake Geneva, was completed, entering service on the 18th of June. GUILLAUME TELL was about 25m long and carried 200 passengers. Edward Church soon sold his interest to a combination of buyers from Geneva and Bordeaux, and in 1824 the Société du Bateaux à Vapeur le Guillaume-Tell was formed. The success of GUILLAUME TELL prompted the formation of a rival concern, the Enterprise du Winkelried, whose steamer WINKELREID entered service in 1824. The two concerns combined in 1829.

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