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Stadt Rapperswil (ship, 1914)
Swiss steamship on Lake Zurich / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Paddle steamship Stadt Rapperswil is the younger of the two remaining steam paddle ships on Lake Zürich. Stadt Rapperswil was built in 1914 by Escher, Wyss & Cie. in Zürich for the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft. In contrast to most other Swiss paddle steamers, the most striking features of this vessel and its sister ship Stadt Zürich (1909) are a short smoke stack, and a spacious 1st class upper deck. The sister ships differ externally only minimally: In front, Stadt Rapperswil has a crossed flag mast. Her 1st class is more luxurious than her sister ship's, recognizable by mahogany and pear tree panelling, and an elaborate staircase to the upper 1st class deck.
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Name | Stadt Rapperswil |
Namesake | Rapperswil (SG) |
Operator | Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft |
Route | Zürich-Rapperswil-Zürich |
Builder | Escher, Wyss & Cie. |
Launched | May 29, 1914 |
Homeport | Zürich-Wollishofen |
Status | in service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Steamboat |
Type | Paddle steamer |
Displacement | 260 tonnes[1] |
Length | 59.10 m |
Beam | 13.50 m |
Draught | 7.00 m |
Installed power | 365 kW (500 PS) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 27 km/h (15 kn) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 |
Capacity | 750 |
Crew | 6 |
Sensors and processing systems | Radar, Echo sounding, GPS |